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Nelson, Joel I. – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a study that questions whether private enterprise can maintain quality while reducing costs of providing social welfare services. Reviews three aspects of privatization: (1) competitive markets; (2) rationality; and (3) cost reduction. Concludes by questioning a central claim of economic theory: that free markets and private firms are…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Civil Rights, Economics, Free Enterprise System
Furtwengler, Carol B. – American School Board Journal, 1998
School boards considering contracting with a for-profit company should study the policy pitfalls that privatization might bring in the areas of personnel, finance, technology, program evaluation, negotiated contract waivers, program expansion, and student achievement. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Narayana, M. R. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2006
This article focuses on economic analysis of privatisation policies and postprivatisation control devices in India's higher education. As a case study, the experiences of Karnataka State in collegiate education under general higher education are emphasised. A change in public financing, rather than a shift of public ownership and management to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Research, Private Sector, Foreign Countries
Bernhardt, Annette; Dresser, Laura; Hill, Catherine – 2000
A study used data from the 1998 Current Population Survey to document job growth in the public and private sectors and examine the quality of jobs in terms of wages and benefits. Findings indicated public sector employment declined for both women and men during the period from 1979-98 with a somewhat sharper decline among men. In 1998, median…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Economics, Employed Women
Miyamoto, Wayne K. – 1990
The handbook is intended to serve as a basic guide to California practices in the use of contracted nonpublic school (NPS) or agency (NPA) services to provide a free appropriate public education to eligible handicapped children. The handbook covers: an overview of requirements for nonpublic, nonsectarian special education school and agency…
Descriptors: Certification, Contracts, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Association of African Universities, Accra-North (Ghana). – 1993
A seminar was held in Alexandria (Egypt) to bring together African university presidents, vice-chancellors, rectors, and top-level administrators to discuss the following themes: privatization, entrepreneurship, policies of international financial institutions with regard to African universities, and regionalization and the establishment of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Pike, Robert M. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
This paper reviews the development of the public monopoly of degree-granting institutions of higher education in Ontario, Canada. It examines arguments for private universities which suggest improved accessibility, diversity, and quality and finds the arguments to be insufficiently strong. A recommendation is made for improvement of Ontario's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries

Bestem'ianova, O.; Starikov, I. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Describes a Russian exhibit of scientific and technological applications for education. Discusses how the nation's transition to a market economy is dramatically changing technical and professional education. Concludes that the most important result of the conference was that people began to rethink their activities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Prospects, 1991
Attributes the growth of private education to excess and differentiated demand for higher education. Argues that evidence shows that the higher quality of private education is exaggerated and that private school attendance does not result in higher salaries for graduates. Criticizes private education as not wholly self-financing, elitist, and…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand, Educational Finance
Brunner, Jose Joaquin – Prospects, 1992
Proposes an alternative analytical framework for studying cultural pluralism and multicultural education in Latin America. Outlines a model of socio-institutional pluralism in education based on two axes of the human condition: (1) the axis of communicative action; and (2) the axis of symbolic control. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Education, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism
McCord, Robert S. – American School Board Journal, 2001
The Clark County Nevada Board of Trustees voted unanimously in April, 2001 to approve a 5-year, more than $35 million contract with Edison Schools to run seven of the district's lowest-achieving schools. Describes the decision process and reports what the board and the superintendent learned. One of their biggest lessons was the importance of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Estimates, Decision Making, Educational Administration
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
This report discusses problems reported by lenders participating in the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). The study examined the nature and the source of the problems experienced by the lenders, how they affected lenders, and what steps the Department of Education and Electronic Data Systems…
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Jones, Rebecca – American School Board Journal, 1994
Many school boards have considered searching for their next superintendent in the ranks of the business community. Both Minneapolis (Minnesota) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin) have businesspeople as superintendents. Contains a number of comments concerning advantages a businessperson can bring to the superintendency, as opposed to the need for proper…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Selection, Boards of Education, Certification
Bailey, Albertina; And Others – 1996
The last 2 decades of the 20th century have witnessed a growing movement to reform the American education system. While people debate why and how reform should be accomplished new initiatives are being developed and applied in many different areas: student performance standards, curricular innovation, assessment, accountability, professional…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law, Educational Change

Pet'iukh, V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Discusses how Russian vocational-technical education should be funded and proposes four possible scenarios. Recommends a privatization procedure in which an individual or a group of employees of a vocational school would purchase the institution from the government. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries