education and the arts research overview

... sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man, all belong to the same family. The shining ... with the land? a. They own it and do whatever they want with it. b. They respect it and do not understand how anyone can own it. c. They are indifferent and can live anywhere. d. They live there ... tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water’s murmur is the voice of my father’s father. The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry out canoes and feed our...

... greater฀ demand฀for and wider฀participation฀in฀higher education. This฀ paper฀ looks฀ at฀ the inequities฀ in฀ higher฀ education and their฀ consequences฀in฀ the labour฀market฀for฀people฀with฀higher education. The inequalities฀in the type and source฀of฀human฀capital฀acquired฀are฀often฀overlooked, and it฀is฀argued฀here฀that฀they฀ perpetuate฀inequalities฀observed฀in the labour฀market.฀Inequities฀in฀acquired฀human฀ capital฀eventually฀influence฀educational฀attainment,฀which฀in฀turn฀influences฀labour฀ market฀prospects.฀This฀is฀reflected฀in the selection฀or฀sifting฀of the potential฀employees฀ in the labour฀market.฀Those฀with฀longer฀years฀of฀schooling฀have฀better฀prospects฀in฀ the labour฀market.฀But฀also฀of฀significance฀is the type฀of฀qualification฀acquired฀during฀ schooling.฀ ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za 1 Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure฀of the Labour฀Market Introduction The relationship฀between education and economic฀growth and development฀in฀South฀ Africa฀has฀been฀widely฀studied and its฀importance฀acknowledged.฀Higher education has฀a฀particularly฀important฀role฀to฀play฀in the overall฀development฀of the economy.฀It฀ has฀over the years฀provided฀society฀with฀highly฀skilled,฀professional฀workers and must฀ continue฀to฀do฀so.฀Higher education also฀has฀a฀key฀role฀to฀play฀in฀extending฀educational฀ benefits฀to the disadvantaged,฀thus฀contributing฀to฀equal฀opportunities and fairness.฀ However,฀for฀these฀roles฀to฀be฀realised, the education system฀has฀to฀be฀effective and efficient฀with฀improved education outcomes. The changing฀nature฀of฀labour฀markets฀ is฀placing฀a฀premium฀on฀technical฀expertise and occupational฀competencies฀as฀well฀as฀ on the matching฀of฀educational฀qualifications฀with฀prospective฀employment.฀All฀this฀ has฀ ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za 12 Percy฀Moleke 13 Inequalities฀in฀Higher Education and the Structure฀of the Labour฀Market is฀not฀to฀suggest฀that฀people฀pursue฀higher education and further฀studies฀purely฀for฀ the purpose฀of฀finding฀a฀job,฀as฀continuous education occurs฀also฀as฀part฀of฀lifelong฀ learning.฀ Summary and conclusion฀฀Current฀racial฀inequities฀have฀their฀roots฀in฀past฀racial฀ injustices.฀...

... decreasing the frequency of product repair and replacement and the associated environmental impacts; and • Lean design for manufacturability can reduce the number of parts and materials in a product, and therefore ... of units from the parts supplier. The parts make their way through the various functional departments in large “lots,” until the assembled products eventually are shipped to the customer. Rather than ... at a “pilot” facility, and then expand use of the methods over time. Companies typically tailor these methods to address their own unique needs and circumstances, although the methods generally...

... receives standard treatment or a placebo, the random assignment of research participants to the experimental and control groups, and the concealment (blinding) from participants and researchers ... extensively over the course of the project. Consultants Andrew Hershey and Charles Coté assisted with the analysis of studies and labeling changes involving migraine and anesthetic products. At the College ... times during the course of the study. Appendix A includes the agendas of the public meetings. The committee appreciates the contributions of the authors of the background papers and analyses...

... need to bridge the historical divide between the worlds of education and research and the worlds of work is clearly articulated in the mission and strategy adopted by THRIP and the Innovation ... elicit a broad understanding of the nature of the project, the data available at THRIP and the Innovation Fund that might be relevant to the study and the extent to which data and documents were ... designed the methodological approach, conducted the research and wrote this report. • Dr Rocky Skeef of the National Research Foundation, who engaged with the early findings of the study and provided...

... federally funded research and development center sponsored by OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense ... Photo/Kevin Frayer. The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, ... outside the three countries). In all three of these cases, the COIN force lost. In two cases (Turkey and Croatia), the COIN force did not have the support of the majority of the population in the...

... outstanding people from India and abroad in their areas of expertise. These have a dual advantage as the hospital is exposed to the visiting faculty and the consultants and residents upgrade their ... presented in detail. The clinicians present the clinical data and the concerned laboratory presents its findings followed by discussion and theoretical aspects of the case including the differential ... and Grand Rounds of the Departments of Paediatrics, Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The following activities are planned for this session. We also participate in the Clinical Grand...

... Turkish discord. On the one hand, the Turks felt they had not been suciently compensated for either the support they had given the United States or the economic losses they had incurred as a result ... neighbors, and the Pentagon resented the frequent eorts by the Turks to restrict U.S. freedom of action. Iraq and the Kurdish Challenge 15 the PKK declared a unilateral ceasere, and the violence ... the government that had hin- dered the pursuit of a coherent policy toward the KRG in the past. At the same time, there have been signs of a shift in the attitude of the Iraqi Kurds toward the...