Keep Your Doors Open

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wuthnow
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Community Ties ◽  
University Training

This chapter examines the future that small communities may—or may not—hold for the next generation. As residents nearly always see it, young people who grow up in small towns should go to college in order to be well prepared for whatever the future may hold. However, the reasons given along with the concerns underlying these reasons are more complex than surveys and census data reveal. Although they consider higher education critical, residents—parents and educators alike—acknowledge that there are aspects of small-town culture that make it difficult for young people to plan appropriately in order to make the most of college or university training. The chapter considers the importance of college for future planning among young people, as well as the disadvantages of living in a small town, and how community ties remain among residents.

Small-Town America

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wuthnow
Keyword(s):  
Small Town ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
The Social

More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majority of Americans who live in cities and suburbs. They could live closer to more lucrative careers and convenient shopping, a wider range of educational opportunities, and more robust health care. But they have opted to live differently. In this book, we meet factory workers, shop owners, retirees, teachers, clergy, and mayors—residents who show neighborliness in small ways, but who also worry about everything from school closings and their children's futures to the ups and downs of the local economy. Drawing on more than 700 in-depth interviews in hundreds of towns across America and three decades of census data, the book shows the fragility of community in small towns. It covers a host of topics, including the symbols and rituals of small-town life, the roles of formal and informal leaders, the social role of religious congregations, the perception of moral and economic decline, and the myriad ways by which residents in small towns make sense of their own lives. It also tackles difficult issues such as class and race, abortion, homosexuality, and substance abuse. The book paints a rich panorama of individuals who reside in small communities, finding that, for many people, living in a small town is an important part of self-identity.

How can Internet help develop small poorly-communicated communities?

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
Jaime Jiménez ◽  
Sergio Rafael Coria-Olguín
Keyword(s):  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
The State ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
E Mail

Internet and e-mail have proved to be instrumental for the development of individuals and communities, provided they are properly used. Is it possible to benefit small communities with limited telephone resources? A solution is proposed to provide Internet and additional services to small towns' inhabitants in such a manner that the service is both self-sustainable and economically accessible to the user. The solution takes into account the telephone infrastructure constraints, the limitations in terms of computer literacy of the population, and the need to keep the service at an affordable cost for the user. It has been successfully proven as a pilot project in a small town of the state of Veracruz, México.

Are There too Many Graduates in the UK?

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamsin Bowers-Brown ◽  
Lee Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Annual Increase ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk

The recent White Paper, The Future of Higher Education, and the annual increase in the number of young people achieving passes at A-level (the final secondary-school examinations) have fuelled an ongoing debate on whether too many people are now entering higher education in the UK. At the centre of the ‘too many graduates’ argument is the issue of employability: is the nation producing enough graduates to meet the needs of the knowledge economy or is there an abundance of graduates in the workplace who do not need degrees to do their jobs? This article identifies key arguments in the increasing participation and employability debate.

scholarly journals Universities and Cities in Provincial Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Zborovsky ◽  
P. A. Ambarova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Educational Migration ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Russian Universities

The analysis of higher education (HE) inRussiafocuses on the complicated issues of the relationships between higher education institutions (HEIs) and provincial cities. The authors characterize different typologies of Russian HEIs and cities. It is suggested to distinguish between the HEIs related to the core of HE, semi-periphery, and to the periphery. The situation of peripheral HEIs that are located mainly in provincial cities seems to be the most complicated. Recently, about 300 HEIs and more than 800 branches of universities, a significant part of which belongs to the peripheral group, ceased to exist autonomously. Today the fate of some other provincial HEIs is yet to be defined. Meanwhile, the future of the young people is also tied to the HEIs’s destiny as well as the future of the cities’ population, where they are located. The analysis of the materials based on the authors’ empirical research conducted in the Ural Federal District (UFD) revealed that the elimination of autonomous universities, their transformation into branches and weakening in such a way of the HE in the medium, big and even large cities of the Russian province lead to stagnation and depression of these cities. One of the main factors of this situation is the mass educational migration of young people. The study discusses certain ideas for positive solution of these problems regarding the relationship of provincial Russian universities and cities, which could lead to their preservation and development.

scholarly journals Foreword

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
Sir Keith Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Uk

At a time when the UK is making crucial choices about the future of universities and the costs which are borne by students, it is essential that the debate about what higher education is for and how it should be funded reaches beyond party politics. We need to hear the insights of students and business, of parents and universities. We need to consider what is being paid, by whom and on what terms. The future of the UK's productivity, of our great universities and of young people themselves demands that we think hard about what is right.

Technology-Enabled Learning Opportunities

2016 ◽  
pp. 561-582
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Computing Environment ◽  
The Future

No generation is more at ease with technology than today's young people. This generation of students has grown up in an immersive computing environment and come to the school equipped with latest electronic gadgets such as smart phones, laptops and iPods. Educational technology supports meaningful learning and facilitates group interaction. The technology-based learning is especially useful in helping students conceptualize phenomena and processes. This chapter examines the role of technology in shaping the future of higher education by providing unique opportunities of learning. The chapter also discusses challenges of technology-enabled learning and offer specific recommendations to overcome these challenges.

scholarly journals Enhancing Skills for Employment in the Workplace of the Future 2020 Using the Theory of Connectivity: Shared and Adaptive Personal Learning Environments in a Spanish Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Expósito López ◽  
José Javier Romero-Díaz de la Guardia ◽  
María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez ◽  
Ramón Chacón-Cuberos ◽  
Eva María Olmedo-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
The Future ◽  
Unaccompanied Foreign Minors ◽  
Future Work Skills ◽  
Future Work

European living environments are well placed as an essential means through which cities become functional, modern, and liveable places, and are the ideal setting for the innovation and implementation of businesses and ideas. In addition, they are a place in which existing gaps in labour market inclusion are easily widened amongst those who, for various reasons, have not received adequate training, such as immigrants (including unaccompanied foreign minors) and young people without qualifications that have several difficulties in the access to higher education. Further, as is noted in the Phoenix report entitled Future Work Skills 2020, our educational system suffers from a lack of training with regards to the employment skills that need to be integrated into current society, as these have a crucial role for achieving success in the workplace. The aim of this study is to analyse the key skills for the inclusion of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (UFM) in the workplace, developing a scale for the assessment of ten basic skills for the work of the future. These individuals are mostly young people without qualifications trying to make it in the new environments of current Smart Cities. This study employs an empirical and experimental methodology with two comparison groups of UFM adolescents. The UFM population is contextualised by the migratory flow from North Africa to Europe. Multistage sampling was used to select 345 participants. An approximation scale of the level of Future Work Skills was created as a data collection instrument through simulations of Horizon 2020 (EA-HFL-SH2020). Multivariate analysis was performed which revealed significant differences between school variables, work experience and educational level. The results are aligned with the evaluation of skill acquisition level for the working future of UFM and with the proposed training model of work skills that facilitate their inclusion in the world of the European workforce, as a function of the significant differences found. In addition, the emphasis is placed on the interest of identifying this type of skills in this group in order to develop appropriate training programs in higher education for employment success.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL ADVERTISING ON THE STUDENTS’ ADAPTATION: FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EDUCATION PAVLO TYCHYNA UMAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Oksana Kravchenko ◽  
Olena Baldyniuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
The Future ◽  
Psychological Education ◽  
Social Advertising

The article considers the organization of psychological and pedagogical work with freshmen. Specifically, during student life, young people are further socialized in the system of relations in the new social adult environment. In this regard, young people must be actively involved in the educational process in higher education, successfully cope with the requirements for learning, and gain a set of necessary competencies that can be successfully applied in practice in the future. The main freshmen's problems are outlined a new system of education; another mode, load and requirements; new social role; relationships with classmates and teachers; problems in the social and household plan; independent living in conditions for out-of-town students. The analysis of the scientific literature allowed us to conclude that a significant potential for solving the problem of students' adaptation in a higher education institution is social advertising. Thus, by social advertising, we mean information of any kind, disseminated in any form, which is aimed at achieving socially useful goals, the promotion of universal values and the dissemination of which is not for profit. The role of social advertising as an important condition for students' successful adaptation on the example of the Faculty of Social and Psychological Education of Uman State Pedagogical University has been revealed. Already implemented forms of work at the faculty are: 1) annual competition of student and pupil scientific works «Family from A to Z»; in the nominations: scientific works; social projects (implemented or designed); social advertising (print, photo or video); 2) competition «The best social poster»; 3) Competition of social advertising in the form of short video works; 4) Festival of student creativity «Social worker of the future» in the framework of the social project «Make a dream come true». Thus, it can be argued that social advertising plays an important role in the students' adaptation, their formation as future professionals. Students master the necessary skills and abilities, which include the ability to work in a team, establish contacts, manage their time properly, show leadership qualities and persuade the interlocutor.

Technology-Enabled Learning Opportunities

2016 ◽  
pp. 798-818
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Young People ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Computing Environment ◽  
The Future

No generation is more at ease with technology than today's young people. This generation of students has grown up in an immersive computing environment and come to the school equipped with latest electronic gadgets such as smart phones, laptops and iPods. Educational technology supports meaningful learning and facilitates group interaction. The technology-based learning is especially useful in helping students conceptualize phenomena and processes. This chapter examines the role of technology in shaping the future of higher education by providing unique opportunities of learning. The chapter also discusses challenges of technology-enabled learning and offer specific recommendations to overcome these challenges.

Washington Is Broken

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wuthnow
Keyword(s):  
Small Town ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Grassroots Activism ◽  
Small Communities

This chapter examines how a new populism took root in small towns. In particular, it considers the ways that residents of small towns show antipathy toward big government, such as concerns about the scale of big bureaucracy, its inability to adapt to the norms and practices of small towns in which people know one another, and government's unresponsiveness to the needs of small communities in comparison with its attentiveness to problems in cities. The chapter first provides an overview of small-town politics before explaining how antipathy toward government is further reinforced by negative opinions about people on welfare. It also discusses the reasons for the popularity of Republicans in small towns and concludes by assessing the possibilities present in small towns for grassroots activism.

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