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South Africa has recently seen escalating student protests at universities, involving calls for the thorough 'decolonization' of university curricula and the related dismantling of 'white privilege.' Yet, what has emerged on the ground is that these protests -increasingly characterized by intimidation, violence, and the destruction of university property -represent the concerns of a relatively small segment of the student body.Furthermore, while the student protesters employ many of the...
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As recently reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the declining demand for German language courses has led to a renewed sense of crisis in the field of German Studies.Universities continue to cut back on foreign language requirements, reducing the number of students enrolling in language courses across the board; and, of those aspiring to learn a foreign language, interest has shifted to the previously underrepresented Arabic, Chinese, and Korean.As a result, over 280 institutions...
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The article deals with geographical characteristics of North Africa with the focus on climate changes which are reflected in particular by the increase in the average temperatures and decrease of precipitation. These conditions have a direct impact on the reduction of agriculture and on the changes in land use. Further on, this has a direct impact on the way of life of people. The use of ecosystem technologies (imitation of nature) can be an easy and effective way to contain water in the...
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This project assessed the involvement of the African American religious community in African American HIV/AIDS prevention. Participants of the study were 9 African American church ministers or pastors and 8 churchgoers. They participated in a 30 minute interview to answer questions regarding their churches' involvement in HIV/AIDS education. As a result, we found that the community's involvement in HIV/AIDS education is limited to abstinence preaching. We also found that stigma related to...
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The main purpose of this paper is to determine the contribution of each level of education on growth in economic sectors of Togo, and to test the causality between each level of education and the growth in economic sectors, using Solow augmented model with human capital resources, developed by Mankiw and al. (1992). The data cover the period 1984-2014. The methodological approach is based on the cointegration, the causality tests and the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) suggested...
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In a well-functioning labor market, outcomes differ across individuals because of the quality of their human capital and level of skill, as well as the work effort they expend. Likewise, when the education system is functioning well, the human capital and skills individuals accumulate should reflect differences in their effort in school. Therefore, in a country with both a well-functioning education system and a well-functioning labor market, labor market outcomes will reflect individual...
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Introduction:Adolescence is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development that demands extra nutrients and energy to support growth. Focusing on adolescents’ nutrition, especially girls, provides a unique opportunity to break the intergenerational cycles of malnutrition. But, there is little information about nutritional status of school going adolescent girls in central Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional quantitative study was employed among school going...
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Bushfire does not usually figure on lists of natural hazards in Madagascar, despite annual damages to forests, woodlots, and farms. This chapter argues that the lack of attention to fire comes from the fact that fire is multivalent, ambiguous, and flexible, being simultaneously an occasional ‘hazard’ for thatch-roof huts or crop fields, a ‘useful tool’ that farmers and pastoralists use to manage vegetation, and a major force, or ‘change agent’, that transforms land and forest. The chapter...
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In this paper we argue that many learners in Kenya are still not proficient in English reading skills despite going through the English course.The factors associated with the teaching and learning of English reading skills may have been addressed but the impact of instructional resources continues to be a significant issue.This paper discusses the availability and use of instructional resources in the teaching and learning of English reading skills in Secondary Schools in Teso North Sub...