Carnegie Commission National Survey of Higher Education: Undergraduate Study Subsample, 1969-1970

The educational status of Emirati women in the United Arab Emirates has developed rapidly over the last five decades, with females now outnumbering males in higher education institutions. Marriage and motherhood often take place during the years of undergraduate study for women, particularly for those from families who retain Emirati cultural traditions of relatively early marriage and childbearing. This study analyses the role which spouses play in their wives’ pursuit of education, using the theoretical gender and development lens to explore whether a transformation of power relations within the marriage takes place for the growth in female participation in higher education to occur. Spousal behaviours are identified and categorized through the gender and development lens as either enablers or constraints to women’s empowerment and participation in higher education, and potential reasons for these behaviours surrounding gender relations are discussed.

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Access to higher education by student aid in China: results from the national survey of 100,000 students

Evaluation & Research in Education ◽

10.1080/09500790903499772 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 22 (2-4) ◽

pp. 145-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hong Shen

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

National Survey ◽

Access To Higher Education ◽

Student Aid

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The molding of mediatization: The stratified indispensability of media in close relationships

Communications ◽

10.1515/commun-2015-0021 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

André Jansson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Everyday Life ◽

National Survey ◽

Social Life ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Online Chat ◽

Cultural Processes ◽

E Mail

AbstractThis article presents a quantitative analysis of how different socio-cultural factors, including lifestyle, affect the extent to which different media are perceived as indispensable for maintaining close relations with family and friends. Through applying ‘indispensability’ as an indicator of the mediatization of social life, the study provides a concrete illustration of how mediatization is continuously molded through socio-cultural processes in everyday life. The results are based on a national survey conducted in Sweden and show that e-mail and video calls constitute a culturally distinctive ensemble of communication, especially in comparison to online chat functions and Facebook. E-mail is valued especially among people with higher education who lead globally oriented lifestyles thus testifying to the enduring status of text-based communication in the longer format as a cultural marker. The study thus suggests that the modalities of communication that certain media make possible are important to how these media are perceived as

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