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Shen, Youlu – Online Submission, 2005
This article roughly retrospects the idea of school voucher program proposed by Milton Friedman, lately developed by Peacock, Wiseman and Jencks. The reasons like privatization in education, deterioration of public schooling and school choice promote this program. Then taking a simple look at the ramification of voucher program and its value…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Competition, Foreign Countries, Educational Change

Mok, Ka-Ho – Comparative Education Review, 1997
Analyzes how a flourishing market economy has affected China's social policy and educational development, focusing on "marketization" and "privatization" in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province. The Delta's expansion of multiple financial sources for education and huge demand for professional and technical education have…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Educational Development
Bordia, Surek – 2000
During the past decade, funding mechanisms for universities and technical education institutions and colleges have undergone massive restructuring in developed and developing countries alike. Governmental support has generally decreased, resulting in greater reliance on fee-based education or creation of privately sponsored engineering/technical…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems