‘Teaching’ the path towards university: understanding student access through storied-futures and meritocratic grand narratives

The notion that the stories of our lives shape dispositions towards imagined futures is another lens through which university underrepresentation should be viewed. A storied lens attends to how futures, like university attendance, are storied during childhood to the extent that some youth imagine, and therefore plan, these futures as natural progression. Such was the case for study participants, indicating that childhood stories contain answers for mitigating social reproduction connected to parental education and cultural forces within the home. Examining social mobility through the underexplored storied-futures grand narrative presents unique solutions that lay hidden within the dominant meritocratic grand narrative.     

统一的环境法精神探微

传统的环境法是由自然资源 (包括能源 )法、污染防治法、自然保护法三个不同的法域组成的部门法 ,三个法域各自着眼点并不相同 ,以至于难以形成环境保护的合力。资源保护、污染防治以及自然保护对公益衡平的价值追求和对环境保全的共同目标追求使得现代环境法形成统一的精神成为可能。这种精神应是 :在考虑到环境承载力的前提下 ,实现人类的可持续发展。     

和谐社会中的信息公平制度

探讨信息公平在和谐社会构建中的重要意义，分析我国存在信息鸿沟的现状及其对和谐社会建设的消极影响，提出消除信息鸿沟、实现信息公平的若干政策建议。     

Analysis of the urban/rural broadband divide in Canada: Using GIS in planning terrestrial wireless deployment

Millions of Canadians residing in Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote communities do not have broadband Internet access. This situation has led to a national “broadband divide.” That is, the deployment of wireline broadband is very limited in Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote areas because of the significant expense of installation and maintenance of the wired infrastructure needed to reach dwellings in these locations.Terrestrial broadband wireless technology, on the other hand, does not entail the same kind of physical infrastructure. As a result, there are dramatic changes in how spatial considerations affect the provision of broadband Internet services (BIS) to areas beyond the urban zone. In particular, the spatial question is now focused on assessing the capacity for different technological solutions to reach profitable population bases, and brings to the forefront organizations that are developing non-line-of-sight (NLOS) technologies that would permit wireless Internet access over much greater distances than current solutions.We begin this paper by establishing the importance of broadband connectivity to Canada's northern, isolated, rural, and remote communities. This discussion comments on the role of the Government of Canada in the provision of broadband connectivity to residents of these communities, and outlines the current regulatory issues that govern wireless services and policy formulation.The second part of the paper illustrates the use of geographic information system (GIS) approaches in the study of wireless broadband planning and deployment. Case study findings suggest that GIS applications can make a significant contribution to the analysis of wireless deployment planning, to the understanding of the relationships between wireless signal sources and consumers, and to the spatial configuration of terrestrial wireless broadband networks. We conclude the paper by discussing how the GIS approach employed could be used to inform the public policy process with regard to increasing access to broadband Internet services in all regions of the country, and thereby providing the opportunity for all Canadians, regardless of location, to fully participate in the Information Society.     

Update: The Invisible Farmer: securing Australian farm women’s history

This article reviews the Invisible Farmer project – the largest study of Australian women on the land – a third of the way through its three year funding period. It introduces the aims of this collaborative and multidisciplinary project, focusing on the role of records and oral histories in the creation of new narratives, and the task of raising public awareness of the important historical and contemporary contributions made by Australian women farmers. We examine the way digital platforms work to curate records and promote research, and outline the important role that the Australian Women’s Register, a core project of the Australian Women’s Archives Project, will play in achieving outcomes.     

影响教育机会公平感的宏观结构因素及其十年变迁——基于CGSS2005与CGSS2015的比较

学术界对教育公平的关注重点在客观教育公平,对主观教育公平则关注较少。主观教育公平是教育公平的价值追求,在客观教育公平状况逐渐改善基础上,应获得更多关注。基于CGSS2005和CGSS2015数据的logit模型结果发现,城乡、地区和民族三个宏观结构变量均显著影响教育机会公平感。但与客观公平状况不一致的是,在2015年,相对于农村居民、中西部地区居民和少数民族居民来说,在客观上处于相对优势地位的城市居民、东部地区居民和汉族居民的教育机会公平感更低。从2005年到2015年的十年间,教育机会公平感总体下降,教育机会公平感城乡差异没有显著变化,地区差异和民族差异变化显著。其中,东部地区民众的教育机会公平感大幅下降,中东部地区差异逐步扩大;汉族和少数民族教育机会公平感变化幅度相近,但变化方向相反,表现为汉族教育机会公平感下降明显,而少数民族则同幅度上升。     

中外合资企业外商和中方的出资博弈——一个解释和规避外商出资违约的分析视角

通过博弈模型揭示外商没有按照合同出资的管理过程以及我国企业对外商出资的判断。该模型的分析表明我国企业可考虑运用博弈论等现代化的管理工具和决策方法来加强对合资的管理,体现管理的科学性。     

社会公平语境中我国城乡群众体育发展的差异与统筹

以社会公平视角审视我国城乡群众体育的发展差异,认为二者当前在体育权利平等与体育机会均等二个方面均存在程度不同的不公平现象,体育公共政策不对称、体育资源配置差异显著、体育权利实现失衡是其集中表现。而城市偏向的经济及政治制度、竞技优先的体育发展战略、城乡居民生产生活方式及受教育水平的差异是造成不公平的主因。据此提出以科学发展观统筹城乡体育,制定城乡群众体育一体化发展规划;改革创新农村体育公共服务产品供给机制,纾缓供求矛盾;发挥城乡各自优势,寻求不同的群众体育发展路径和模式;夯实城乡均衡发展格局的区域支撑(点);加强宣传指导,提高农民体育意识和组织化程度,激发农村体育文化消费需求等统筹发展的对策。     

论教育改革代价的公正分配

教育改革代价的付出具有一定的必然性,其分配是一个不容回避的问题.教育公正是基本的社会公正之一,因而教育改革代价的公正分配必然关系到社会公正问题.教育改革代价的分配不同于物质财富的分配,有其自身的分配逻辑.对教育改革所产生的必然代价应进行合理、公正的分配,其分配应遵循差别原则、应得原则和补偿原则.     

论我国成人高等教育公平性的缺失与完善

发展我国成人高等教育并坚持其公平性具有非常重要的意义与价值。当前,我国成人高等教育公平性现实的缺失,主要表现为地区之间的、城乡之间的、高校之间的、身份之间的、性别之间的不公平。实现我国成人高等教育公平性的对策与途径如下:树立教育的科学发展观;加强与改善政府对成人高等教育的领导,强化政府作为;端正成人高校的办学思想并规范教育行为。