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Roger Pizarro Milian
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 33
Citations - 344
Roger Pizarro Milian is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Human capital. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 28 publications receiving 275 citations. Previous affiliations of Roger Pizarro Milian include McMaster University & Nipissing University.
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Barriers to Differentiation: Applying Organizational Studies to Ontario Higher Education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present four plausible responses from universities to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities directives: remaining sensitive to their market demand, ceremonial compliance, continued status seeking, and isomorphism.
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Alternative pathways to legitimacy: promotional practices in the Ontario for-profit college sector
TL;DR: The authors examined how for-profit career colleges in Ontario, Canada market themselves to prospective students using a mixed-methods approach to review the content of 489 online promotional profiles representing 375 unique for-profits colleges.
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Educational Status Hierarchies, After-School Activities, and Parenting Logics: Lessons from Canada:
TL;DR: The authors compared the parenting logics of 41 upper-middle-class parents in Toronto, Canada, and found that parents structured their families in a "concerted cultivation" manner.
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Symbolic resources and marketing strategies in Ontario higher education: a comparative analysis
TL;DR: This paper conducted a comparative analysis of promotional materials produced by public universities and community colleges in Ontario, Canada and found that these two groups draw on unique strategies to communicate their quality to external constituents.
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Location, location, location: Examining the rural-urban skills gap in Canada
TL;DR: This article explored contemporary rural-urban differences in human capital using refined measures of literacy and numeracy skills, finding that rural residents obtain lower levels of education than their urban counterparts and those that do obtain post-secondary training often migrate to urban regions offering abundant employment opportunities and higher wages.