Post-Secondary Education on the Edge
Self-Improvement and Community Development in a Cape Breton Coal Town
(Sprache: Englisch)
This ethnographic study addresses the ways residents of an economically distressed community in Nova Scotia perceive post-secondary education. Historically, the efficacy of education as an economic development strategy has been contradicted by the lack of...
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This ethnographic study addresses the ways residents of an economically distressed community in Nova Scotia perceive post-secondary education. Historically, the efficacy of education as an economic development strategy has been contradicted by the lack of work available locally and the personal costs associated with acquiring credentials. Yet education has been and continues to be a strong central value for this community. This book confirms the opportunities educational achievement can offer to individuals and yet questions how credentials alone can lift economically distressed communities as a whole if the systemic issue of regional political economy is not addressed.
Autoren-Porträt von Jane McEldowney Jensen
The Author: Jane McEldowney Jensen is Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and higher education from Indiana University. Her research focuses on educational aspirations after compulsory schooling and includes fieldwork in Cape Breton and Appalachia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jane McEldowney Jensen
- 2002, X, 152 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 22,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 0820455466
- ISBN-13: 9780820455464
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.11.2002
Sprache:
Englisch
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