The problem addressed in this study was the perceived inequity, discrimination, and dysfunction of the geographic quota system and centralization of higher education in Nigeria. Little research has explored the student, faculty, and leadership perceptions of policy implementatio…
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This study analyzes three legislations that affected education for language minority students. The research starts with a historical overview of the foundation of the United States and the education of the non-English speaking population. It examines the conditions that led to t…
Current educational reform initiatives in Bangladesh focus on classroom teaching as a direct path to improving student learning outcomes and indicate a shift away from the teacher-centered, authoritarian education model of the past with a preference for a more constructivist ped…
At the 1954 meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 123 nations signed the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property during Armed Conflict. The US ratified the 1954 Convention in 2008 following public outcry after incide…
In 2011, the Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) conferred 21 new authorities in addition to the previous 31 to their school principals. A main goal in conferring these authorities was to facilitate decentralization of Saudi school districts. To further facilitate decentralization…
This quantitative study examined the role that metacognition and self-efficacy, through goal-setting practices, play in increasing English proficiency of middle school English learners. The problem addressed was middle school English learners' lack of awareness of the need to be…
Does closing public schools affect student outcomes of displaced students? This study examines the effect of closing schools on student academic achievement of displaced students. The approach used is difference-in-differences (DiD) by differencing before the regression, otherwi…
The objective of this study is to observe the effect of political socialization through education as a tool for state building in three case studies. A background into the topics of political socialization and civic education is made. Civic education theory is applied to the sta…
This project uses a quantitative approach to conduct a preliminary analysis of Muslim student radicalization at universities in the United State. Radicalization and terrorism are topics not associated with Education, and a goal of this project is to carve out a space for Compara…
The Education for All is mobilizing the international community and national governments since 1990. This global commitment which was renewed in 2000 under the auspices of UNESCO and the United-Nations has set a basic goal: the universalization of a complete primary education fo…
This dissertation is a two-part essay on access to education and educational outcomes in two very different parts of the world: Indonesia and the United States. While the two countries are at different stages of educational development, we focus on the young population who may b…
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a post-conflict and divided nation in need of social cohesion. In order to increase trust among different ethnic groups and between civilians and public institutions, a decentralized school governance system has been introduced. This study sought …
Through econometric and economic analyses, this dissertation addresses three key issues in the household educational decisions in Malaysia. First, by addressing selectivity bias, it provides new and more accurate information about the private rates of return to education in Mala…
Academic quality in `peripheral' universities in sub-Saharan Africa is a critical issue for international higher education development. The purpose of this study is to determine academic views of institutional quality in the Republic of Somaliland, to understand the purpose and …
Often, development organizations confront a tradeoff between program priorities and operational constraints. These constraints may be financial, capacity, or logistical; regardless, the tradeoff often requires sacrificing portions of a program. This work is concerned with figuri…
This dissertation seeks to understand the mechanism of a household's decision on child labor and educational investment by proposing a theoretical framework, examining the empirical evidence, and providing policy evaluation and recommendations. In the theoretical framework, I ad…
This study is a comparative analysis of school resources in 10 Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine). I address two main questions. First, what are the average levels of educational resources available to Ara…
This qualitative study was designed to explore the phenomenon of non-standardized modern Israel education in Jewish pre-collegiate educational settings across North America. Moreover, it intended to illuminate how lack of standardization in this field could have implications for…
This study examines the language and literacy experiences of Kurdish minority children during their first year of mainstream schooling in a southeastern village in Turkey. I employed ethnographic research methods (participant observation, multi-modal data collection, interviewin…