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Towell, Bonita Rae; Tsuji, Gerry K. – 1990
This report is presented in three parts. Part 1 consists of synopses of the child care situation in 13 countries. For each country, the child care environment, including the philosophy and historical background of child care, appropriate legislation, and types of child care services provided, are discussed. School-age child care programs for…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Family Day Care
Kogan, Maurice – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1988
A discussion of the changing relationship between the state and higher education in nine industrialized countries looks at conflicting requirements for institutional accountability, different models for the relationship; politics and governance; the developing role of central intermediary agencies; changing perspectives of student protest; and the…
Descriptors: Activism, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Logsdon, John M., Ed. – 1982
U.S. research institutions are undergoing significant changes from patterns established in the decade following World War II. Declining undergraduate enrollments are predicted to lead to "steady-state" universities; federal policy is emphasizing industry-university research cooperation and calling for a decreased federal role in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Employment Opportunities, Engineering, Federal Aid
Download full textRist, Ray C. – 1979
This paper describes the results of a study conducted by the Center for Educational Research and Innovation regarding language policies and programs in five countries which belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Canada, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. Part I explains the study's focus on language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
van Deth, Jean-Pierre – 1979
A review of the situation of modern language teaching in western Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom) looks at the demography and multilingualism of the region, the organization of school systems in those countries, and the status of school-based modern language…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Coordination, Demography
Peer reviewedWeiss, Charles, Jr.; Passman, Sidney – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Reviews science and technology policymaking in five countries with free-market economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Republic of Korea, and the United States. Implications for eastern European and other countries currently reorganizing toward domestic market economies and greater orientation toward world trade are discussed. (61…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Economics
Torney-Purta, Judith; Schwille, John – 1982
A comparative analysis of values education in the United States, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Sweden, and Canada analyzed eight assertions: (1) No institution with education as its primary aim can be value neutral; (2) Countries differ in values which characterize their political cultures and in values which are taught in…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Citizenship Education, Civics, Comparative Analysis
