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Schirmer, Hendrik – European Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Political measures to confront the COVID-19 pandemic are a stress-test for citizens' institutional trust. Higher education students' trust in political institutions is of particular interest as they are substantially affected by COVID-19 related measures: For the most part, their academic institutions have been put under lockdown, they have had to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Trust (Psychology), Political Attitudes
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Hamilton, Ben; Mutreja, Piyusha – Social Education, 2021
The goal this article is to describe the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, compare the situation in the United States (U.S.) to that of similar countries, and analyze the actions taken by the U.S. government. The authors chose to compare the U.S. to Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany as these countries are similar to the U.S. in their…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Federal Government, Economic Impact
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Shattock, Michael – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2021
Reviewing institutional governance arrangements through a European lens has the benefit of broadening the argument away from differences between pre-1992 and post-1992 constitutions or between research-intensive and teaching-led university perspectives. In the last two decades in Europe is a massive increase in student numbers and institutional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Universities, College Administration
Ettlinger, Michael; Hensley, Jordan; Vieira, Julia – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2019
In this brief, authors Michael Ettlinger, Jordan Hensley, and Julia Vieira analyze how much the governments of different countries spend, and on what, to illuminate the range of fiscal policy options available and provide a basis for determining which approaches work best. They report that the United States ranks twenty-fourth in government…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Taxes, Health, Armed Forces
Labi, Aisha – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The close connections between industry and academe, in which students simultaneously train and study, are gaining ground in the United States. Inspired by Germany's model, states are encouraging community colleges and manufacturers to work together on training programs. This offers a possible solution to a problem that continues to vex the United…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Community Colleges
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Hubenthal, Maksim; Ifland, Anna Maria – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2011
For some years now, a "child-centred social investment strategy" has been gaining influence in the German welfare state. In this context we are witnessing a social-investive turn within the policy for children and families and a significant increase in the importance of early childcare policy. Whereas the German federal government is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Social Capital, Educational Policy
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Guangcai, Yan – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
Looking at the rise of world-class universities through history, creating an institutional environment in which universities are relatively autonomous, while also ensuring effective material support from the government is essential for the formation of world-class universities. It is worth examining the deteriorating academic environment in China…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Higher Education
Frohlich, Ellen – Group of Eight (NJ1), 2012
As described in "Go8 Backgrounder 24: Answering the Global Challenge--Experiences from European Excellence Initiatives," Germany began a debate about how to strengthen its position as an excellent location for science and research in 2004. This debate focussed in particular on the competitiveness of the country's universities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Qi, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
The development of world-class universities is high on the policy agenda of governments across the globe. China's 985 Project is among the earliest national initiatives to concentrate research funding to build world-class universities. Ten years after it was initiated, the project has enabled selected institutions to improve their research and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Policy Formation
Wu, Yuehua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development and diffusion of information and communication technologies, particularly the internet, creates a worldwide trend of using ICTs and the internet to deliver public services. This new form of electronic administration--e-government--potentially offers great benefits to society in that it can enhance public service efficiency,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Information Dissemination, Telecommunications
Dewan, Sabina; Ettlinger, Michael – Center for American Progress, 2009
At the heart of progressivism is the belief that government--not big government, or small government, but effective government--has a critical role to play in ensuring the well being of its citizens. Public spending serves an important function in pursuing economic growth objectives while ensuring that gains are widely distributed to promote…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Taxes, Health, Armed Forces
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Fujiura, Glenn T.; Rutkowski-Kmitta, Violet; Owen, Randall – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2010
Background: Statistics are critical in holding governments accountable for the well-being of citizens with disability. International initiatives are underway to improve the quality of disability statistics, but meaningful ID data is exceptionally rare. Method: The status of ID data was evaluated in a review of 12 national statistical systems.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Well Being
US Government Accountability Office, 2009
Following September 11, 2001, the number of international students coming to the United States dropped for the first time in over 30 years. While enrollments have rebounded, the U.S. image has declined in the Muslim world and elsewhere. To improve global attitudes toward America, the U.S. government funds higher education for international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Relations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
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Lowenbein, Oded – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2008
The United States has a long tradition in evaluation of political programs. In the 1930s and 1940s, programs were initiated to reduce unemployment and improve social security as part of the "New Deal." In the late 1960s, somewhat comparable to the U. S. at that time, Germany's new government started its own "New Deal."…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Educational Policy
Lykins Chad R.; Heyneman, Stephen P. – Center on Education Policy, 2008
This paper contributes to the debate over how the federal government can best help state and local authorities improve student achievement by providing examples from other countries of innovations in the role of the national government. The authors believe that the degree to which foreign policy structures parallel those of the United States are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Government Role, Standard Setting, Educational Change
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