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Long term perspectives on higher education: student movements, human capital and expert culture 高等教育的长期视角:学生运动、人力资本和专家文化

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0002

B. Murgescu, Viorel Proteasa, J. Sadlak

引用次数: 1

Student Assessment of Professors in Revolutionary Context. Case-Study: The History Faculty of the University of Bucharest (1989-1990) 革命背景下教授的学生评价。案例研究：布加勒斯特大学历史系（1989-1990）

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0004

Matei Gheboianu, B. Murgescu

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引用次数: 0

The Polish student movement after the fall of the Iron Curtain: An organisational perspective 铁幕倒塌后的波兰学生运动：组织视角

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0003

Marcelina Smużewska

引用次数: 2

The change of organizational structure of higher education institutions in Hungary: a contingency theory analysis 匈牙利高等教育机构组织结构变迁:权变理论分析

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0009

G. Kováts

引用次数: 9

Retraction of: Influence of food taboos on nutritional patterns in rural communities in Cameroon 收回：食物禁忌对喀麦隆农村社区营养模式的影响

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0001

Lilian Nkengla Asi, D. Teri

引用次数: 6

Influence of food taboos on nutritional patterns in rural communities in Cameroon 食物禁忌对喀麦隆农村社区营养模式的影响

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0013

Lilian Nkengla Asi, D. Teri, V. Meyer-Rochow

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引用次数: 7

Hidden in plain sight: student fund-raising in Romanian universities 隐藏在众目睽睽之下：罗马尼亚大学的学生筹款活动

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/IRSR-2018-0006

P. Năstase

引用次数: 3

The Academic Mobility Regime: Analysing Perceptions of Students and Academic Staff 学术流动制度:分析学生和学术人员的看法

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0011

Knut Petzold, Hannah Bucher

引用次数: 7

Work and study: exploring the social actions of undergraduates on a Social Protection Scheme in Ghana 工作与学习:探索加纳社会保护计划本科生的社会行动

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0012

E. Manful, M. Atakora

{"title":"Work and study: exploring the social actions of undergraduates on a Social Protection Scheme in Ghana","authors":"E. Manful, M. Atakora","doi":"10.2478/irsr-2018-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/irsr-2018-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In recent years with the various austerity measures put in place by governments, the main providers of welfare, funding of social protection programmes have shrunk. Yet, protecting the less fortunate has never been the preserve of the State; families, communities and civil societies had always contributed in the provisions. One of such contributors are universities, though their core mandate is to educate but in addition many universities have established schemes and scholarships to ensure access to tertiary education for students from low income families. However, as in many social interventions, including Ghana’s, there is a gap between policy intent and practice, but often the focus is on the implementors not the beneficiaries. This paper therefore presents findings from a qualitative study exploring the perceptions of participating students in the ‘work and study’ programme in KNUST using the Social Action theory to unveil the reasons underpinning actions of students who have to work. A case study research design was adopted for this study using a qualitative approach with in-depth interviewing as the method of data collection. Fifteen undergraduates, volunteered to participate in the study. Data collected were qualitatively analysed using the NVivo software. Findings from the study revealed that students had multiple reasons for joining the scheme and it was not based on the sole rational motive of earning an income. The study provides an analytical insight that predicts the behaviours of beneficiaries of social protection initiatives.","PeriodicalId":37251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Social Research","volume":"8 1","pages":"109 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45682827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Not only students, but also not enough: the waves of protest in the higher education in Italy 不仅是学生，而且还不够:意大利高等教育的抗议浪潮

International Review of Social Research Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/irsr-2018-0008

Gianni Piazza

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引用次数: 3