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Leveling the Playing Field: Evidence on Permanent Resident Access to Public Service Jobs
Canadian Public Administration, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 79-86, March 2026.Abstract Prior to the recent amendments to the Public Service Employment Act, landed immigrants were eligible to work in the public sector; however, Canadian citizens were given preference in the hiring process. Amendments to the Act in 2021, made through Bill C‐30, were intended to remove some of the potential barriers to employment from the hiring ...
Massoud M. Khazabi
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PREAMBULAR HISTORY: THE VIEW OF THE PAST IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS
History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-31, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article claims that the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past. This view is firmly rooted in historical processes, embedded in metaphysical truths, and enacted in service of the future. Part 1 assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the “preambular approach to history”
Antoon De Baets
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L'Ecole française : égalité des chances et logiques d'une institution
, 1988 The French school: equality of chances and institutional logic Serge BOULOT and Danielle BOYZON-FRADET In debates pertaining to society, immigration and school are integrally linked. The latter is presented as a powerful agent of integration.
Boyzon-Fradet, Danielle, Boulot, Serge
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Journal of Educational Measurement, Volume 63, Issue 1, Spring 2026.Abstract This article addresses bias in Spoken Language Systems (SLS) that involve both Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) and reports experiments to improve the performance of SLS for automated language and literacy‐related assessments with students who are under served in the U.S. educational system.
Alison L. Bailey +5 more
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Enhancing Access to High School Summer STEM Programs Through Proactive Planning and Budgeting
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.This study explores how the Water Dawgs summer program effectively engaged high school students in freshwater science while addressing common barriers to STEM participation, such as financial and transportation challenges. Through strategic planning and budgeting, the program increased student confidence in STEM and demonstrated how proactive planning ...
Kelsey J. Solomon +4 more
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Toward a Conceptual Model of Academic Translation Competence
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 175-195, February 2026.ABSTRACT Different cultures have distinct conceptions of knowledge and ways of defining, generating and communicating knowledge. Therefore, multilingualism in academia has been shown to be instrumental in preserving the various systems of knowledge, equality of opportunity in science and enhancing the international competitiveness of scholars whose ...
Krisztina Károly
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, 2009 Veleine Chantal. Création d’une mission et d’un réseau national «égalité des chances entre les femmes et les hommes...» dans l'enseignement supérieur agricole et vétérinaire (ESAV) . In: Diplômées, n°228, 2009. Les femmes et l'agriculture. pp.
Veleine, Chantal
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“Through Thick and Thin” How Black Educators Support Urban Students' Postsecondary Plans
Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 47-66, February 2026.How does exposure to Black educators influence minority students' postsecondary planning processes and long‐run educational ambitions? Prior studies have documented positive effects of student‐teacher racial matches on achievement and non‐academic outcomes, but quantitative research designs are often unable to uncover the mechanisms underlying these ...
Joseph Sageman
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Décentralisation, autonomie des établissements scolaires et égalité de chances
, 1996 In France the eighties are an important step in the evolution of the education system functioning. The previous standardized solutions have proved unable to reduce social unequalities at school. Some actions were taken at the local level to differenciate
COMBAZ, Gilles
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Philosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 4-15, Winter 2026.ABSTRACT In her recent bestselling book, The Right to Sex, Amia Srinivasan claims to have given us a “feminism for the twenty‐first century.” Previous feminism, we are told, was wrong to focus solely on women's sex‐based oppression, and wrong too to seek the abolition of prostitution. A feminism for the 21st century must attend to class‐ and race‐based
Kate M. Phelan
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