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Qayyum, Adnan, Ed.; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf, Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2018
This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Open Education, Distance Education
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Dollery, Brian; Murray, David; Crase, Lin – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: To invoke Julian Le Grand's conceptual model of the interaction between human motivation and policy formulation in order to explain how motivational endogeneity in the university environment has distorted policy outcomes in the Australian higher education reform program. Design/methodology/approach: Le Grand contends that changes in the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Motivation, Educational Change
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McCowan, Tristan – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
Access to higher education in Brazil is to a large extent restricted to the higher socio-economic groups. Public universities have limited places and entry is determined by highly competitive exams, thereby excluding those who have not had a high quality secondary education or attended an expensive preparatory course. There has been considerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Private Colleges
Bista, Min Bahadur; Carney, Stephen – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2004
This study has two main objectives: first, to assess the overall capacity of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) of Nepal, its staff and constituent bodies in relation to their mandates, roles and responsibilities; second, to guide the conceptualization and preparation of a human resource development plan (HRDP) for MOES to support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Sector, Human Resources, Public Policy