scholarly journals The Caribbean’s best science festival: NIHERST’s Sci-TechKnoFest

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. C05
Author(s):  
Simone Marie King
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
National Development ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Science Popularization

For the past thirty years, The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), Trinidad and Tobago, has been a pioneering force in science popularization both locally and regionally. The biennial NIHERST Sci-TechKnoFest is the Caribbean’s premier science festival, having hosted seven large-scale events catering to tens of thousands of patrons each. This article provides an overview of the role of NIHERST at the national development level, an in-depth look at the content of Sci-TechKnoFest 2013, its impacts on visitors and the way forward for the festival.

scholarly journals The Need for Research and Training for the Higher Education Enterprise

2014 ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
The Shanghai Statement
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
And Training

A statement on the role of higher education research and training centers in today’s complex tertiary education environment.

“You Were Going to Go to College”: The Role of Chicano Fathers’ Involvement in Chicana Daughters’ College Choice

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 2059-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nichole M. Garcia ◽  
Rebeca Mireles-Rios
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
College Choice ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Choice Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
College Educated

Using pláticas, the sharing of cultural teachings through intimate and informal conversations, this article analyzes our personal college choice processes as Chicanas by examining the impact of being raised by Chicano college-educated fathers. Drawing on two theoretical frameworks, college-conocimiento, a Latinx college choice conceptual framework, and critical raced-gendered epistemologies, we demonstrate how intimate and informal conversations occur within our own Chicana/o daughter-father relationships in negotiating higher education and household contexts. Our analysis responds to the need to explore daughter-father relationships in higher education research. This work expands the college choice scholarship by moving beyond traditional models to examine the gendered and raced experiences of families of color, particularly focusing on how father involvement is associated with the college choice of daughters.

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