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High skilled workplaces, technological change and employment: Can educational reform do it? Open

Manuel Souto‐Otero, Phillip Brown, Simon Freebody · 2023

Human capital, and related theories such as skills biased technological change, argue that skills development is a central strategy for individuals to succeed in an increasingly global and digitalised labour market. One of the main shortco…

U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Venezuelan Leader Nicolás Maduro on Narcotrafficking Charges Open

Clare Ribando Seelke, Rebecca Nelson, Phillip Brown, Phil Stewart, Anthony Faiola , et al. · 2020

On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, along with fourteen current and former regime officials, on charges mostly related to drug trafficking. Specifically, an …

Educational expansion, poverty reduction and social mobility: Reframing the debate Open

Phillip Brown, David James · 2020

Migration and Asylum Open

Phillip Brown · 2019

Migration and asylum Open

Phillip Brown · 2019

Venezuela: Background and U.S. relations Open

Clare Ribando Seelke, Rebecca M. Nelson, Phillip Brown, Rhoda Margesson · 2018

This report report provides an overview of the overlapping political, economic, and social crises in Venezuela, followed by an overview of U.S. policy toward Venezuela.

Higher education and the myths of graduate employability Open

Gerbrand Tholen, Phillip Brown · 2017

The relationship between higher education (HE) and labour market has never been so contested as in the last decade. There are continuous and sharpened debates about whether the UK labour market can keep up with the growth of HE in creating…

A Systematic Evaluation of Implications of Admission GPA for Transfer Students Open

Chris Gordon, Hasan Sevim, Phillip Brown · 2016

The School of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has well established criteria for admission of freshmen to its programs. These criteria were developed based on historical retention data collected in mathematics and s…

Water, Culture, and Society in Global Historical Perspective Open

Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Phillip Brown · 2016

This conference is the first of two linked international conferences focused on the provision, management, use, and cultural meanings of water and its relationship to patterns of human culture, politics, technology, and socio-economic orga…

Knowledge Transfer Between Expatriate and Host Country Nationals: the Role of Self-construal Open

Milad Jannesari, Zhongming Wang, Phillip Brown, Jacob McCall · 2016

Our purpose in this paper was to investigate the role of self-construal by emphasizing 2 dimensions, namely the independent and interdependent views of self, as intercultural competencies that aid knowledge transfer and contribute to the e…

U.S. Crude Oil Exports to International Destinations Open

Phillip Brown · 2016

This report discusses the export of crude oil produced in the United States and policy considerations in the wake of a provision contained in P.L. 114-113 which repealed a 40-year prohibition on the export.

Giving something back? Sentiments of privilege and social responsibility among elite graduates from Britain and France Open

Sally Power, Annabelle Allouch, Phillip Brown, Gerbrand Tholen · 2016

This article explores the complex relationship between transnational elites and civil society through examining the contrasting orientations of two cohorts of ‘elite graduates’ from Paris and Oxford. Both cohorts believe their privileged s…

Powering Africa: Challenges of and U.S. Aid for Electrification in Africa Open

Nicolas Cook, Richard Campbell, Phillip Brown, Michael Ratner · 2015

This report discusses the Power Africa initiative; policy problems and challenges related to power sector development in Africa; long-term perspectives on energy poverty, need, and future development; and raises some possible oversight que…

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