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Direct linkFleishman, Shannon S.; Luo, Yuan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
The two-year community college model has historically been a uniquely US phenomenon. Increasingly, however, this model and adaptations of it are growing internationally, both through partnerships with community colleges in the United States and as adaptations to existing postsecondary vocational-education systems in developing countries. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Peer reviewedUnger, Jonathan – Comparative Education Review, 1980
Through a case study of China (Guangdong Province) the author examines the problem of "diploma disease" in developing nations. "Diploma disease" is the students' desire for the paper credentials of academic education that insure employability. This desire can frustrate government efforts to promote alternate vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Attitudes
Download full textRegional Inst. of Vocational and Technical Education, Shanghai (China). – 1999
This book contains an introduction and 10 papers from the International Conference on New Trends of Development and Models of Reform in the Field of Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Reports Held on the International Conference"; "The Development and Reform…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
