American student activism in comparative perspective.

Student Voice: Embracing Student Activism as a Quality Improvement Tool in Higher Education

This chapter illustrates how student activism, taken in the context of the student voice, can be harnessed as a way of enhancing the quality of educational provision in higher education. Agenda 2063 of the African Commission recognizes equitable access to quality higher education as critical for national development. In the face of an increase in stu‐ dent protests and the resultant destruction...

American Decline in the Perspective of Democrats and Republicans: Otherization and Construction of American Identity in Election Speeches

American decline has received substantial attention from Iranian political and academic circles, with few analysts paying attention to the domestic debate on the concept. One of the overlooked aspects is the different ways that liberals and conservatives define and construct it. This difference is manifested in the perception of American identity and on the global role of the US, and intensifie...

British and American health care systems: a comparative economic perspective.

as shown by labour unrest, has deteriorated. Patrick Jenkin, Secretary of State for the Social Services, has warned that doctors, nurses, hospitals, and clinics must begin to be protected from the rising demand for health services and that the public must be educated to lower its expectations for health care.' Concerned about the pressure of increasing health care costs on tax resources, the Go...

Activism and Leadership Development: Examining the Relationship between College Student Activism Involvement and Socially Responsible Leadership Capacity

Title of Document: ACTIVISM AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLLEGE STUDENT ACTIVISM INVOLVEMENT AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP CAPACITY Jeremy Dale Page, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Directed By: Professor Susan R. Komives Department of Counseling and Personnel Services The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between participation in student ...

Can Policy Activism Succeed? A Public Choice Perspective