Search Results - "Ramirez, Francisco O."

International Tests, National Assessments, and Educational Development (1970–2012) by RAMIREZ, FRANCISCO O., SCHOFER, EVAN, MEYER, JOHN W.

“…Recent decades have seen rapid growth of national participation in international tests as well as expanded national assessment testing. This article addresses…”
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The Worldwide Spread of Environmental Discourse in Social Studies, History, and Civics Textbooks, 1970–2008 by Bromley, Patricia, Meyer, John W., Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…The world environmental movement has gained much strength in recent decades and has led many nations to focus on environmental education. We examine the extent…”
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The Societal Consequences of Higher Education by Schofer, Evan, Ramirez, Francisco O., Meyer, John W.

“…The advent of mass schooling played a pivotal role in European societies of the later nineteenth century, transforming rural peasants into national citizens…”
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Beyond internationalisation and isomorphism - the construction of a global higher education regime by Zapp, Mike, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…National higher education systems are undergoing profound changes, discussed in many but unrelated studies as outcomes of internationalisation dynamics and…”
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The formalization of the university: Rules, roots, and routes by Ramirez, Francisco O, Christensen, Tom

“…This article examines changes in the formal organization of two universities and two schools within these universities, the University of Oslo and Stanford…”
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The world society perspective: concepts, assumptions, and strategies by Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…For decades the world society perspective has influenced comparative research on a broad range of issues across the social sciences. The perspective emerged to…”
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In pursuit of excellence?: Discursive patterns in European higher education research by Ramirez, Francisco O, Tiplic, Dijana

“…European higher education is awash with educational reform initiatives that purport to transform universities into better-managed higher quality organizations…”
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Student Achievement and National Economic Growth by Ramirez, Francisco O., Luo, Xiaowei, Schofer, Evan, Meyer, John W.

“…Educational policy around the world has increasingly focused on improving aggregate student achievement as a means to increase economic growth. In the last two…”
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Conditional Decoupling: Assessing the Impact of National Human Rights Institutions, 1981 to 2004 by Cole, Wade M., Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…National human rights institutions, defined as domestic but globally legitimated agencies charged with promoting and protecting human rights, have emerged…”
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Legitimacy, stratification, and internationalization in global higher education: the case of the International Association of Universities by Zapp, Mike, Jungblut, Jens, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…The International Association of Universities (IAU) is the only inclusive global university association, its membership barriers are low, yet few universities…”
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World Society and the University as Formal Organization by Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…This paper describes and interprets the worldwide transformation of universities with respect to how they account for excellence. It first reflects on the…”
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Human rights in social science Textbooks: Cross-national Analyses, 1970-2008 by Meyer, John W, Bromley, Patricia, Ramirez, Francisco O

“…In reaction to the disasters of the first half the 20th century and World War II, a dramatic world movement arose emphasizing the human rights of persons in…”
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Reputation management by Chinese universities: Primary profile and comparative features by Christensen, Tom, Gavrila, S. Gabriela, Ma, Liang, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…In this study, we analyse data from 176 Chinese universities to examine the use of reputation symbols on official websites. We find that Chinese universities…”
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The rise of individual agency in conceptions of society: Textbooks worldwide, 1950–2011 by Lerch, Julia, Bromley, Patricia, Ramirez, Francisco O, Meyer, John W

“…A broadly recognized sociological insight is that rising levels of individualism increasingly characterize a growing number of countries. This article examines…”
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The status and agency of children in school textbooks, 1970-2012: a cross-national analysis by Wotipka, Christine Min, Svec, Joseph, Yiu, Lisa, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…Via a cross-national and longitudinal analysis, this study seeks to understand whether and to what extent school textbooks portray children as entities with…”
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To STEM or not to STEM: A cross-national analysis of gender and tertiary graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math, 1998–2018 by Lee, Seungah S, Wotipka, Christine Min, Ramirez, Francisco O, Song, Jieun

“…The comparative literature on gender and higher education has increasingly focused on differences in access to the fields of science, technology, engineering,…”
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Wither the Nation-State? A Comparative Analysis of Nationalism in Textbooks by Lerch, Julia C., Russell, S. Garnett, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…What happens to the historic nationalizing purpose of schooling in an era of pervasive globalization? We address this question by examining patterns and…”
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Women’s participation and challenges to the liberal script: A global perspective by Lerch, Julia C, Schofer, Evan, Frank, David John, Longhofer, Wesley, Ramirez, Francisco O, Wotipka, Christine Min, Velasco, Kristopher

“…Existing scholarship documents large worldwide increases in women’s participation in the public sphere over recent decades, for example, in education,…”
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National Incorporation of Global Human Rights: Worldwide Expansion of National Human Rights Institutions, 1966–2004 by Koo, Jeong-Woo, Ramirez, Francisco O.

“…Using an event history framework we analyze the adoption rate of national human rights institutions. Neo-realist perspective predicts adoption rates to be…”
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Slowly but surely?: The global expansion of women's participation in science and engineering fields of study, 1972 - 92 by Ramirez, Francisco O, Wotipka, Christine M

“…This cross-national study shows that women's enrollments in science and engineering fields in higher education increased between 1972 and 1992 throughout much…”
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