Over-education across British Regions
From Regional Studies By Pamela Lenton Abstract Lenton P. Over-education across British regions, Regional Studies. This paper analyses levels of over-education and wage returns to education for males across eleven regions of the UK using Labour Force Survey data. Significant differences are found in the probability of being over-educated across regions; also, differences are found ...
The (absent) politics of neo-liberal education policy
Via Critical Studies in Education By Matthew Clarke Abstract Despite its ideological saturation, recent neo-liberal education policy has been deeply depoliticising in the sense of reducing properly political concerns to matters of technical efficiency. This depoliticisation is reflected in the hegemony of a managerial discourse and the decontestation of terms like ‘quality’ and ‘effectiveness’, as ...
Empiricist Humanism
By Phin Upham Paul Valery’s aphorism “’man thinks, therefor I am’ said the universe” epitomizes the idea expressed by Keats’ in “Autumn.” The act of observing does more than recognize, for Keats, it creates. The concept of length, for example, is not measured but created with the invention of the ruler. In ”Autumn,” Keats revolutionizes ...
Experience America
By Phin Upham As debate about Afghanistan and Iraq rages in the US, and Radio Free America tries to spread free market ideas and encourage democracy in the former USSR and Middle East, it is often left out that experience is the best teacher. We should be welcoming the best youths of the world to ...