Higher Education, Youth and Migration in Contexts of Disadvantage, Faith Mkwananzi
Автор: Megan Warin; Tanya Zivkovic Название: Fatness, Obesity, and Disadvantage in the Australian Suburbs ISBN: 3030010082 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030010089 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This ethnography takes the reader into the Australian suburbs to learn about food, eating and bodies during the highly political context of one of Australia’s largest childhood obesity interventions. While there is ample evidence about the number of people who are overweight or obese and an abundance of information about what and how to eat, obesity remains ‘a problem’ in high-income countries such as Australia. Rather than rely on common assumptions that people are making all the wrong choices, this volume reveals the challenges of ‘eating healthy’ when money is scarce and how, different versions of being fat and doing fat happen in everyday worlds of precarity. Without acknowledgement of the multiple realities of fatness and obesity, interventions will continue to have limited reach.
Автор: Holzer Harry J., Baum Sandy Название: Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students ISBN: 0815730217 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815730217 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3881.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Practical solutions for improving higher education opportunities for disadvantaged students
Too many disadvantaged college students in America do not complete their coursework or receive any college credential, while others earn degrees or certificates with little labor market value. Large numbers of these students also struggle to pay for college, and some incur debts that they have difficulty repaying. The authors provide a new review of the causes of these problems and offer promising policy solutions.
The circumstances affecting disadvantaged students stem both from issues on the individual side, such as weak academic preparation and financial pressures, and from institutional failures. Low-income students disproportionately attend schools that are underfunded and have weak performance incentives, contributing to unsatisfactory outcomes for many students.
Some solutions, including better financial aid or academic supports, target individual students. Other solutions, such as stronger linkages between coursework and the labor market and more structured paths through the curriculum, are aimed at institutional reforms. All students, and particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, also need better and varied pathways both to college and directly to the job market, beginning in high school. We can improve college outcomes, but must also acknowledge that we must make hard choices and face difficult tradeoffs in the process.
While no single policy is guaranteed to greatly improve college and career outcomes, implementing a number of evidence-based policies and programs together has the potential to improve these outcomes substantially.
Автор: Dean Hartley Название: Social Advantage and Disadvantage ISBN: 0198737084 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198737087 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6730.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume addresses the origin and effects of advantage and disadvantage from a global and UK perspective, and provides an overview of a variety of conceptual frameworks and a spectrum of social inequalities, processes, and divisions.
Автор: Tamara Bibby; Ruth Lupton; Carlo Raffo Название: Responding to Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools ISBN: 1137521554 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137521552 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores a range of challenges teachers face in dealing with situations of disadvantage, and explores different ways of thinking about these situations.
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