Pricing policy and the college choice process

Following the presentation of a marketing management paradigm for higher educational institutions, this paper discuses some aspects of the pricing policy process in colleges and universities. A statistical model of the college choice process is developed, and some empirical results related to the effects of price, among other factors, on the collegechoice decision-making behavior process of high school seniors are presented and interpreted. The two most important factors affecting the college choice process are seen to be college quality and price-related considerations. Marketing implications of these results are discussed.Presented at the Annual Forum of the Association For Institutional Research, Houston, Texas, May 1978.     

A different type of charter school: in prestige charters,a rise in cachet equals a decline in access

This paper seeks to elucidate a specific type of charter school. While much has been written about school choice and the expanding charter school segment, a growing and important number of charter schools do not fit in to the common understanding of these schools. Distinct from many of their counterparts, prestige charter schools have the following two features: elements which foster a reputation similar to that of elite private schools and a student population demographically distinct from local public district schools – whereby the prestige charters serve a disproportionate number of advantaged families. The prestige elements include: founding by advantaged community members; parental involvement; wait lists; popularity with advantaged professionals; high test scores; and niche themes. The authors will show through two in-depth case studies that prestige charter schools work hand-in-hand with gentrification in urban neighborhoods, and result in racial and class segregation and inequality. This paper examines how these charter schools struggle when a rise in prestige coincides with a decline in access for low-income students. The authors recommend that given the current system of school choice, prestige charter schools must use tools and mechanisms to maintain demographic diversity and educational equity which is in the best interest of all children.     

全人教育思潮的兴起与教育目标的转变

全人教育作为一种教育思潮,在联结、整体性和存在三个基本概念和原则的基础上,全人教育的倡导者认为教育不仅要实现个体在智力和职业能力方面的发展,而且要实现个体在生理、社会、道德、伦理、创造性、精神各方面的发展,重视教育过程中的经验、选择与合作.这对教育目标产生了很大的影响,引发了教育目标的转变.     

Choosing schools,choosing selves: exploring the influence of parental identity and biography on the school choice process in Delhi,India

Drawing on qualitative interview data from a group of lower income parents in Delhi, India, this paper focuses on the dynamic relationship between parental choice of a particular school and parents’ own identity construction. The data indicate that choice of school is for some parents a symbolic expression of identity, influenced by family dynamics and parents’ educational biographies. The paper outlines the concept of ‘forging solidarities’ and proposes it as an alternative way of understanding school enrolment decisions that recognises the social significance of such choices for the wider family unit. More generally, as school choice mechanisms in various forms become an increasingly important part of the educational landscape in many countries, the findings draw attention to the sociocultural nature of choice in real-world market settings and the contribution of schooling choices to processes of social and educational segregation.     

增城市旅游业发展的SWOT分析及战略选择

增城市地处经济发达的珠三角的边缘地区,旅游资源丰富,近年来旅游业得到了较快发展,但也暴露出很多不足,旅游资源的价值没有得到充分体现.文章在对增城市经济、社会发展现状以及旅游资源实地调查的基础上,借用国外的SWOT分析方法,对增城市旅游发展的优势、劣势、机遇和挑战进行了具体分析,并提出增城市旅游业发展战略.     

秦巴山区学校体育与社区体育协调发展的理论分析与路径选择

学校体育与社区体育之间存在联系并可协调发展、良性互动,秦巴山区学校体育与社区体育在发展目标、参与主体和实施空间上是一致的,资源可以共享,其协调发展的现实路径为:(1)通过区域高校成立体育社团来协调学校与社区的体育活动;(2)加强学校与单位、企业的联合,形成体育共建;(3)在社区中成立体育俱乐部,吸引学生、家庭参与,进行自主管理,有效促进学校与社区体育发展。     

一国两制是和谐选择的结果

“一国两制”理论的提出和实施是中国社会发展的和谐选择。它把历史和现实、多数人的利益和少数人的利益、单一制的国家结构和复合制的国家结构、社会主义制度和资本主义制度和谐地统一在一起,实现了地方高度自治下的祖国安全统一。双方取长补短,相互借鉴,有利于中国政治、经济、化的发展。     

保险系统的一个损失分布模型的推广

献从理赔费是损失费的减扣出发，给出了损失费的所有概率分布，但只对保险人数是一般变量的情形进行了研究，该将保险人数视为随机变量，给出了损失费的分布。并计算了平均损失费及其方差，更具实用性。     

The Experiences of Low-Income Latina/o Families in an Urban Voucher,Parochial School

Catholic schools have become a popular choice for many low income families Latino/a families. Families enrollment in these schools are often faced with the mandate to participate. However, regardless of the mandate, some schools often experience low parental participation. The purpose of this study is to document the experiences of low income, Latino/a families around parental involvement in hopes of understanding the reasoning for participating (or not) in their child’s school. The researchers conclude that families do not participate for a number of reasons including lack of opportunities, and an unwelcoming environment. The implications for Latina/o urban education are discussed.     

天光云影共徘徊——申跃中创作命运思考(上)

申跃中几十年起伏多变的创作命运,始终没有离开过中国当代这一特定历史时期时代因素的缠绕。这一因素既把他涌向潮头,也把他推向低谷,使他与时代、与社会结下了永远的不解之缘。在这一过程中,作家对创作道路的自觉选择和对艺术境界的自觉追求对创作命运具有重要意义,时代感召和主体抉择的共同作用,使作家走上了一条成功之路。