In order to make the results comparable with international classification, educational level was grouped into three categories: no education to primary education; lower secondary education; upper secondary education and higher education (reference category).
There's a string of higher-education references in the puzzle.
But Walker, too, has dramatized the issue, saying earlier this year that the changes he was proposing for state colleges would be "the Act 10 of higher education," a reference to the bill eliminating collective bargaining rights for most public employees, which passed early in his term.
Based on a review of relevant literature and the analysis of the research data, the authors' reflections and recommendations are presented with the hope to offer educators of higher education some useful reference to consider when they design curriculum and courses that could provide students with an enriched learning experience.
An indicator variable identifying the cohort was specified as a predictor variable (reference: hip/knee), along with age, sex (reference: male), level of income (reference: high) and education (reference: ≥post-secondary), race/ethnicity (reference: White), comorbidity count, and overweight and obesity (reference: normal BMI).
Education, especially higher education, needs reform.
The proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) would have removed references to higher education from Proposition 209, an initiative passed by voters in 1996 that bans consideration by government institutions of race, ethnicity and sex in hiring, school admissions and contracting.
And yet Massachusetts is a reference for higher education and research, not just in the U.S.
After laying down the theoretical framework for the discussion, we use a mix of qualitative interviews and questionnaires to gather information and finally discuss how the steps being taken in primary and secondary education could serve as a reference in higher education.
Participants at the lowest end of educational attainment (no qualification) had significantly higher dietary sodium intake than the reference group (higher education at degree level; 5.7% (0.1%, 11.1%); online supplementary appendix 2).
