From High School to Higher Education: Curricular Policy and Postsecondary Enrollment in Israel

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Addi-Raccah ◽  
Hanna Ayalon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
Postsecondary Enrollment ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Social Composition

Using multilevel models, the authors tested the hypothesis that high schools, through their curricular policies, operate as mechanisms that help members of privileged groups to take better advantage of postsecondary opportunities. The analysis was based on a 7-year follow-up study of 44,666 Israeli students who graduated from 385 high schools in 1991. The main findings were that (a) the curricular experience of students partly mediated between their sociodemographic characteristics and postsecondary enrollment, (b) the curricular arrangements of schools fully mediated the effects of their social composition on their graduates’ postsecondary education, and (c) graduates of socially privileged schools made a better use of their matriculation certificates. This afforded privileged students an additional advantage.

The Sensitivity of Impact Estimates to Data Sources Used: Analysis From an Access to Postsecondary Education Experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 575-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Ford ◽  
Douwêrê Grékou ◽  
Isaac Kwakye ◽  
Taylor Shek-wai Hui
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Postsecondary Enrollment ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
Phase Data ◽  
Two Phases

Background: This article reports on the Future to Discover Project—a Canadian randomized controlled trial of two high school interventions—where data on key postsecondary enrollment outcomes were collected for two phases. During the initial phase, outcomes were recorded from administrative data and follow-up surveys. During the later phase, data came from administrative records only. Objectives: The article provides analyses that are informative about the consequences of a change from administrative-only data to survey-only data (and vice versa) for the estimation of impacts. Results: The change from administrative-only to survey-only data tended to produce apparent drops in postsecondary enrollment rates that varied by subgroup and education outcome. Nonetheless, levels and significance of impact with respect to postsecondary enrollment remained relatively stable. Conclusions: The findings of the article provide evidence that estimating education program impacts in the context of a randomized experiment can be relatively robust to the data sources chosen. They suggest that internal validity and conclusions for policy need not be affected by changing data sources even when the change produces marked changes in levels of the outcome of interest observed.

Changes in tobacco industry advertising around high schools in Greece following an outdoor advertising ban: a follow-up study: Table 1

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 299-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantine I Vardavas ◽  
Charis Girvalaki ◽  
Lambros Lazuras ◽  
Danai Triantafylli ◽  
Christos Lionis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Outdoor Advertising ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Advertising Ban

scholarly journals Socioeconomic position, symptoms of depression and subsequent mental healthcare treatment: a Danish register-based 6-month follow-up study on a population survey

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e020945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aake Packness ◽  
Anders Halling ◽  
Lene Halling Hastrup ◽  
Erik Simonsen ◽  
Sonja Wehberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Socioeconomic Position ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Frequency Of Contact ◽  
Major Depression Inventory ◽  
Use Of Services

ObjectiveExamine whether the severity of symptoms of depression was associated with the type of mental healthcare treatment (MHCT) received, independent of socioeconomic position (SEP).DesignRegister-based 6-month follow-up study on participants from the Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS) 2010–2013, who scored the Major Depression Inventory (MDI).ParticipantsNineteen thousand and eleven respondents from GESUS.InterventionsThe MHCT of the participants was tracked in national registers 4 months prior and 6 months after their MDI scores. MHCT was graduated in levels. SEP was defined by years of formal postsecondary education and income categorised into three levels. Data were analysed using logistic and Poisson regression analyses.OutcomesMHCT included number of contacts with: general practitioner (GP), GP mental health counselling, psychologist, psychiatrist, emergency contacts, admissions to psychiatric hospitals and prescriptions of antidepressants.ResultsFor 547 respondents with moderate to severe symptoms of depression there was no difference across SEP in use of services, contact (y/n), frequency of contact or level of treatment, except respondents with low SEP had more frequent contact with their GP. However, of the 547 respondents , 10% had no treatment contacts at all, and 47% had no treatment beyond GP consultation. Among respondents with no/few symptoms of depression, postsecondary education ≥3 years was associated with more contact with specialised services (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.92; 95% CI 1.18 to 3.13); however, this difference did not apply for income; additionally, high SEP was associated with fewer prescriptions of antidepressants (education aOR 0.69; CI 0.50 to 0.95; income aOR 0.56, CI 0.39 to 0.80) compared with low SEP.ConclusionParticipants with symptoms of depression were treated according to the severity of their symptoms, independent of SEP; however, more than half with moderate to severe symptoms received no treatment beyond GP consultation. People in low SEP and no/few symptoms of depression were more often treated with antidepressants. The study was approved by The Danish Data Protection Agency Journal number 2015-41-3984. Accessible at:https://www.datatilsynet.dk/fortegnelsen/soeg-i-fortegnelsen/

A Fifteen-Year Psychogeriatric Patient Follow-Up Study

1984 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 412-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Grauer ◽  
D. Mueller ◽  
R. Zelnicker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Concentration Camp ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Positive Correlations

Two hundred and ninety-one patients, with an average age of 69 in 1965, referred to a psychogeriatric clinic were studied. All but 20 were traced. 167 died and 104 remained alive. 73 were institutionalized. Medical, psychiatric and social data was available for all. Using mortality tables, we calculated the time of death for each patient. The group that exceeded their life expectancy was compared to the group that died prematurely. Significant positive correlations with longevity were self-referral, higher education, skilled work, independent income and absence of dementia. Females and orphans also lived longer. Living alone, dependency on children and conflict with one's spouse predisposed to institutionalization. Curiously, the hardships of being in wartime Europe and/or in a concentration camp increased life expectancy and mitigated against institutionalization. An attempt is made to correlate our findings with other studies and to explain our results.

scholarly journals Comparison of Interpreting Teachers’ Use and Perceptions of Distance Interpreter Training (DIT) Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interview-Based Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-223
Author(s):  
Mianjun Xu ◽  
◽  
Tianyuan Zhao ◽  
Juntao Deng ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Interpreter Training ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Different Parts

The study indicates that before the COVID-19 pandemic, despite its importance, distance interpreter training (DIT) was not positively perceived or widely used in higher education institutions that offer Bachelor of Translation and Interpreting (BTI) and/or Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) programs in China. However, the pandemic has changed almost everything in the world, with no exception of DIT, prompting the authors to have a follow-up study in August 2020 of the same 14 full-time interpreting teachers from different BTI and MTI institutions in different parts of China who had been interviewed right before the pandemic. This interview-based comparative study shows that all the interviewees used DIT during the pandemic shutdown and their perceptions of DIT have altered greatly, becoming more objective than subjective and more positive than negative. The pandemic has, to some extent, boosted the further development and acceptance of both the online and blended approaches to interpreter training.

scholarly journals Peer Effects on First-Year University Students’ Results: The Role of Classmates’ Academic Performance and Socioeconomic Status

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 3115
Author(s):  
Angela Granger-Serrano ◽  
Alexander Villarraga-Orjuela
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Calculus I

Peer effects in the context of higher education have lately received increased attention. Higher diversity in the composition of new cohorts of students, generated mainly in countries where public and institutional policies have enabled access to students from low socioeconomic conditions and races who unusually attend postsecondary education, make these effects even more relevant. This research estimates and analyzes the effect of peers’ academic performance and course composition by socioeconomic origin on students’ academic achievement at a private Colombian university between 2008 and 2019. The estimates, by Ordinary Least Squares and Multilevel models, support the existence of significant peer effects. There was a positive effect of peers’ performance on Calculus I academic results, principally of medium and high-performance peers, and a null effect of the socioeconomic level in Calculus I, but a significant effect in Communication Skills I, although with a limited impact. By introducing heterogeneities, it is evident that students perceived a greater benefit from performance improvements from peers who are in the same performance category or socioeconomic level. These results provide evidence of the existence, direction, and magnitude of peer effects in Colombian higher education. Additionally, they suggest that the most relevant characteristic of classmates is their academic performance and not their socioeconomic origin.

A follow-up study of the effect of pedagogical training on teaching in higher education

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liisa Postareff ◽  
Sari Lindblom-Ylänne ◽  
Anne Nevgi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Pedagogical Training ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

The Longer Term Contributions of Formal and Informal Support

2019 ◽  
pp. 221-240
Author(s):  
Rawan W. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Care Leavers

Drawing on the findings of a qualitative follow-up study of 29 Jordanian care leavers, this chapter demonstrates how a combination of formal and informal support has contributed positively to care leavers’ longer term outcomes. The support that the care leavers were offered by the growing formal entities, as well as their affiliation with adults and families outside care, enabled them to deal successfully with issues such engaging in higher education, achieving security in accommodations, and home ownership. The chapter demonstrates that the young adults were able to use the opportunities given to them to achieve progress despite an economic climate that challenges all young people and an often-unforgiving social context that strongly stigmatizes care leavers. Focusing on factors that promote positive outcomes for care leavers, this chapter offers considerations for practice and for policy and contributes to the growing body of international research on this topic generally, and specifically from developing economies.

What Does the Future Hold? A Follow-up Study of Graduates of a Residential School Program

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
pp. 842-851
Author(s):  
Nancy S. Oddo ◽  
Patricia L. Sitlington
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
State School ◽  
School Program ◽  
High School Experiences ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Adult Adjustment

This study investigated the adult adjustment of two cohorts of graduates of a state school for individuals with visual impairments. Areas investigated included employment, living arrangements and finances, postsecondary education, leisure activities, and perceptions of the usefulness of their high school experiences.

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