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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Education and contemporary issues in South Africa: a look from the high education crisis

Roteiro, 2019
This article has as objective to present historical aspects, as much as a brief conceptualization of the contemporary socio-economic situation of South Africa.
Felipe Gustavo Koch Buttelli, Clint Le Bruyns   +1 more
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historiographic Re-interpretation of Identity formation in Acts 15: A Social Identity Complexity paradigm [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
Acts 15:1-35 has been interpreted from different perspectives for decades, and several results were obtained from these methods, the historical-critical method (Dibelius, 2004; Haenchen 1985, Feminist criticism Fiorenza, 1999), among others.
Tobias Marevesa, Simangaliso Kumalo
doaj   +1 more source

The Oxford Handbook of Dewey [Intro available free from OUP] [PDF]

, 2019
The Oxford Handbook of Dewey, ed. Steven Fesmire Volume Abstract: John Dewey was the foremost figure and public intellectual in early to mid-twentieth century American philosophy.
Fesmire, Steven
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Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao, Wei Yan Xiong, Hei‐hang Hayes Tang, Xiao Han   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Martin Buber and Rumi on God-Man Relation [PDF]

Religious Inquiries, 2014
The issue of relation, particularly that of human relation to God stands for one of the most significant concerns by all men of faith. To realize such a relation Martin Buber and Rumi, two globally acclaimed thinkers, have appropriated independent ...
Elham Ghazazani, Amir Abbas Alizamani
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Modern Misconceptions on the Wall of Separation: An Analysis on the Influence and Misinterpretation of Jefferson’s Separation of Church and State [PDF]

, 2019
The symbolic concept of separation between church and state defines the relationship between government and religion. While Jefferson did not author the phrase, the third President of the United States promoted the philosophy of a wall of separation ...
Swope, Marissa
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeptisme Terhadap Agama Dalam Filsafat David Hume ( 1711-1776) [PDF]

, 2010
History of Western civilization can not be separated from philosophy and religion. At first the philosophy was born as a force infantry to break thought the dogmas and ideas of superstition that has been ingrained in the public body.
Amin, S. (Saidul)
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