Stephen Childs
Biographic Data
| ID | 5880391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Childs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Childs |
| SIGNATURE | CHILDS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis, York University, Toronto, Ontario, and Education Policy Research Initiative, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Who Goes into STEM Disciplines? Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey
This article presents an empirical analysis of access to post-secondary education (PSE) as it pertains to students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, who are vital to the nation’s economic performance, especially with respect to its information and communication technology (ICT) sector. The analysis is based on the rich Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A (YITS–A), which follows a representative sample of Canad…
Earnings of University Bachelor’s Degree Graduates in Information and Communication Technology Programs: A Tax Data Analysis
This article presents an analysis of the labour market earnings of university graduates with bachelor’s degrees in information and communication technology (ICT) programs using a dataset that links information on students from the University of Ottawa to tax records held at Statistics Canada. We track each cohort of graduates from 1998 through 2010, thus covering the dot-com boom and subsequent bust in 2001. We compare ICT graduates with engineer…
Ball: The Mask of Rangda
Cut Out to do Work: Recruitment Experiences of a Folk Healer
There exists a variety of types of folk healers in African American society. This paper examines the sequence of dreams and visions whereby a woman realized the status of evangelical healer. "It was hypothesized that these altered states functioned as facilitating mechanisms whereby the subject could alleviate anxiety while at the same time realize a new master status. By gathering extensive interview data and employing a structuralist analysis, …
Who Goes into STEM Disciplines? Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey
This article presents an empirical analysis of access to post-secondary education (PSE) as it pertains to students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, who are vital to the nation’s economic performance, especially with respect to its information and communication technology (ICT) sector. The analysis is based on the rich Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A (YITS–A), which follows a representative sample of Canad…
Earnings of University Bachelor’s Degree Graduates in Information and Communication Technology Programs: A Tax Data Analysis
This article presents an analysis of the labour market earnings of university graduates with bachelor’s degrees in information and communication technology (ICT) programs using a dataset that links information on students from the University of Ottawa to tax records held at Statistics Canada. We track each cohort of graduates from 1998 through 2010, thus covering the dot-com boom and subsequent bust in 2001. We compare ICT graduates with engineer…
Ball: The Mask of Rangda
Cut Out to do Work: Recruitment Experiences of a Folk Healer
There exists a variety of types of folk healers in African American society. This paper examines the sequence of dreams and visions whereby a woman realized the status of evangelical healer. "It was hypothesized that these altered states functioned as facilitating mechanisms whereby the subject could alleviate anxiety while at the same time realize a new master status. By gathering extensive interview data and employing a structuralist analysis, …
Who Goes into STEM Disciplines? Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey
This article presents an empirical analysis of access to post-secondary education (PSE) as it pertains to students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, who are vital to the nation’s economic performance, especially with respect to its information and communication technology (ICT) sector. The analysis is based on the rich Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A (YITS–A), which follows a representative sample of Canad…
Earnings of University Bachelor’s Degree Graduates in Information and Communication Technology Programs: A Tax Data Analysis
This article presents an analysis of the labour market earnings of university graduates with bachelor’s degrees in information and communication technology (ICT) programs using a dataset that links information on students from the University of Ottawa to tax records held at Statistics Canada. We track each cohort of graduates from 1998 through 2010, thus covering the dot-com boom and subsequent bust in 2001. We compare ICT graduates with engineer…
Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Information and Communications Technology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)