Integrating Power and Gradual Institutional Change in Public Relations History: The Case of the People’s University in North Carolina After the Civil War

Drawing on the theory of gradual institutional change, this study analyzed the post-Civil War college reform efforts in North Carolina, integrating power with public relations history. Reformers worked under harsh institutional circumstances where resident elites held high veto power, while reformers had a low level of discretion for interpreting college education. Notwithstanding, reformers adopted layering tactics, introducing new rules of education for all alongside existing ones of education as legacy, for gradual institutional change. Specifically, reformers maintained a calm and objective tone, focusing on the universal value of education, both publicly and through anonymous publications in hostile press venues.

Pathways to Professions (P2P)

With the overarching goal of making excellence inclusive, the Pathways to Professions (P2P) initiatives aim to simultaneously improve quality and value of education while increasing access and success through credential innovations. The chapter spotlights three cases operated under the P2P framework of Community Pathways, Higher Education Pathways, and Industry Pathways, as well as two cases on the horizon that are moving toward institutionalization. While case objectives vary, the overarching goal remains consistent toward creating accelerated pathways for the earning of educational and/or career credentials. Lessons learned are discussed with implications explored within the rapidly evolving educational and employment ecosystems.

The Value of Education in Literature and Relevance for Teaching

This study aims to describe and explain the value of education in literature and how relevant it is for teaching. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Descriptions and explanations lead to circumstances, phenomena and are not limited to data collection but analysis and interpretation of these data. The data collection technique used in this study is a non-interactive technique. Non-interactive data collection techniques by doing intensive reading of the novel and taking notes actively with the method of content analysis. The object of research is literature, namely the Novel Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono. The approach used by the researcher is an objective approach that emphasizes literature. With this approach, researchers will easily find data as a description related to the value of education and its relevance in teaching. The results showed that the value of education in the literature of Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono in the form of irrationality, tolerance, and discipline. The irrationality of the characters Kesi and Kang Petruk has a close relationship in instilling educational values through literature. The value of tolerance education shows tolerance for other people and the natural environment. Kang Petruk was assigned by Kiai Sapu Jagad to preserve nature. The value of education in the form of discipline, both personally and socially, is implicitly explained to be interpreted by the reader. The relevance of the value of education in literature for teaching is that literature is the right and good medium to transfer the value of education to students, both at the school and university levels. Through literature, in the novel Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono, there are educational values in the form of irrationality, tolerance, and discipline. These three educational values are expected to contribute to the teaching of Indonesian at both the school and university levels..

PENENTUAN PREMI DAN CADANGAN PADA ASURANSI PENDIDIKAN DENGAN MEMERHATIKAN PELUANG HIDUP ANAK

Education insurance provides services in the field of education. In education insurance, the insured not only gets protection benefits but also education funds. These benefits will be received if they have paid premiums. Insurance companies also need to set the exact amount of policy value. The purpose of this study is to determine the premium and policy value of education insurance by taking into account the child's life chances. In this study, used secondary data from the 2011 Indonesian Mortality Table and illustrated data in the form of education fund data. Premium is obtained using the equivalence principle and policy value is obtained using the prospective method. In the calculation of premiums and policy values for education insurance premiums by taking into account the child's life chances, modifications are made, the amount of education funds multiplied by the child's life chances. The results given in this study are the amount of education insurance premium by taking into account the child's life chances is Rp 6.946.456,00. Policy value increases during the disbursement of education funds and decreases at the end of coverage.

New Perspectives on the Community Impact of Rural Education Deserts

Understanding how the lack of higher education opportunities due to geographic distance affects perceptions of communities and education is essential in creating sustainable education systems in rural areas. More specifically, this research examines how geographic distance and the absence of institutes, sometimes called an education desert, affect perceptions of community and the perceived value of education. We used data from the 2017 Rural Utah Community Study (RUCS) of residents living in twenty-five rural communities, with a sample size of 1286, and found that the proximity to different types of higher education, four- and two-year institutions, can significantly influence community well-being and the perceived value of education.

The role of genetic essentialism and genetics knowledge in support for eugenics and genetically modified foods

People are regularly exposed to discussions about the role of genes in their lives, despite often having limited understanding about how they operate. The tendency to oversimplify genetic causes, and ascribe them with undue influence is termed genetic essentialism. Two studies revealed that genetic essentialism is associated with support for eugenic policies and social attitudes based in social inequality, and less acceptance of genetically modified foods. These views about eugenics and genetically-modified foods were especially evident among people who had less knowledge about genes, potentially highlighting the value of education in genetics.

Education as a Value in the Pregraduate Studies of Education in Ukraine

The paper focuses on the description of the value of education in pregraduate preparation of students of teaching disciplines in Ukraine. The aim of the text is to specify the course of preparation for the profession of teacher in the context of values from the perspective of students of selected pedagogical faculties in Ukraine. The issue of values in the pregraduate preparation of Ukrainian students of teaching is a partial part of the authors' long-term interest in the issue of education and the values of Ukrainian pupils in schools in the Czech Republic. The research is carried out using a mixed QVAN - qval design. A Likert-type scale questionnaire supplemented with semi-closed and open items was chosen as the research tool. The data are analyzed with the predominance of a simple statistical analysis with additional analysis using grounded theory.

Renegotiating Aesthetic Disinterest for the Literature Classroom

This paper discusses a dialectic between a so-called disinterested appreciation of literature and what I refer to as the ‘neoliberal ethos’. I am interested, primarily, in the influence of this dialectic on literary pedagogy. I will argue that the way in which the neoliberal ethos has permeated educational settings creates a need for a reconceptualised notion of aesthetic disinterest, without which we will struggle to coherently argue for alternative conceptions of the value of education, especially arts and humanities education. I hope to show that reviving the concept of disinterest will facilitate a renegotiation of the literature classroom as a space for genuine aesthetic experience and non-instrumental discussion.