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Axiomatic Foundations for Metrics of Distributive Justice Shown by the Example of Needs-Based Justice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Distributive justice deals with allocations of goods and bads within a group. Different principles and results of distributions are seen as possible ideals. Often those normative approaches are solely framed verbally, which complicates the application to
Bauer, Alexander Max
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A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Equity: A New Proposal [PDF]

open access: yes
This Article proposes a rigorous framework for analyzing the distributive impacts of risk regulation policies. This framework, which I term "probabilistic population profile analysis (PPPA)," is novel, yet firmly grounded in the social-welfare-function ...
Adler, Matthew D.
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What Matters to Metros: Foundational Indicators for Economic Competitiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Foundational Indicators for Economic Competitiveness helps community leaders identify factors that are associated with economic growth in mid-sized U.S. metropolitan areas in a post-recession economy. This work builds upon six previous iterations (called
Emily Garr
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The absent presence of disability in British higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of disability disclosure are steadily increasing in British higher education (HE), with 18% of the student population having a known disability in 2023/24. It might be assumed that progress is being made with increased representation, rights and support for disabled students.
G. Koutsouris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to employment: Subject choice, job requirements, and early employment outcomes for UK undergraduates

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Higher education in the United Kingdom has dramatically expanded in recent decades, along with questions about its effectiveness in preparing graduates for the labour market. With rising tuition fees and increasing competition for graduate jobs, many students opt to study ‘professional’ subjects—fields closely tied to specific professions ...
Sarah Pemberton
wiley   +1 more source

Government By and For Millenial America: A Blueprint for 21st Century Government [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Using this generation's unique ethos and commitment to pragmatic problem-solving, Millennials across the country have collaborated to design their vision for a 21st century democracy and reject the idea that our system is too broken, too stagnant, and ...
Brandi Lupo   +2 more
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Parental choice of private tuition: Valuing attention, judging quality and navigating access in England's underregulated supplementary education market

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Private supplementary education is burgeoning worldwide, and over 25% of English children have received private tutoring. The neoliberalisation of education and parents' responsibilisation for children's attainment have driven market growth, but not all can afford to participate.
Sarah L. Holloway   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy to Impact: Advancing Economic Development and Tackling Social Inequities in Central and Eastern Europe

open access: yesEconomies
This study challenges the traditional reliance on GDP as the sole indicator of the success of the EU’s cohesion policy, aligning with the evolving academic discourse that calls for a broader spectrum of metrics incorporating social factors.
Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school ...
Michael G. Sciffer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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