NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Typologies in Comparative Vocational Education: Existing Models and a New Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pilz, Matthias – Vocations and Learning, 2016
The ways in which vocational education and training (VET) systems are structured vary significantly from country to country, both because different countries have different objectives for their VET systems and because VET is differently embedded within the education and labour market systems of any individual country. International research in…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Classification, Comparative Education, Models
Where in the World Is School Psychology?: Examining Evidence of School Psychology around the Globe
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jimerson, Shane R.; Skokut, Mary; Cardenas, Santiago; Malone, Heather; Stewart, Kaitlyn – School Psychology International, 2008
This study examined each of the 192 Member States of the United Nations to address three important questions: (1) how many countries have professionals who provide school psychology services; (2) which countries do and do not have school psychologists; (3) what evidence of school psychology is available in each country. Of the 192 Member States of…
Descriptors: Psychologists, School Psychologists, Professional Associations, School Psychology
Private Universities and Public Funding: Models and Business Plans. Policy Commentary
Direct linkDirect link
King, Roger – Universities UK, 2008
The growth of private higher education has come as a surprise to most governments, which have tried to catch up in their regulatory and funding policymaking. In China, Malaysia and South Africa they have given legal recognition to previously disallowed private higher education and this has helped to fuel its subsequent growth. Some governments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Models
Europe 1992: The Impact on the Information Industry.
Miller, Ralph – Online, 1990
Discusses the deregulation of telecommunications in the European Community, the impact of this deregulation on information services, and the possible effects of a truly common market on U.S. and Japanese information industries. A sidebar by Nancy Garman describes major online databases devoted to information about the coming European Single…
Descriptors: Competition, Databases, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Telecommunications Policy, High Definition Television, and U.S. Competitiveness.
Cohen, Robert B.; Donow, Kenneth – 1989
New policies are needed for the U.S. telecommunications industry. The continuation of current policies--which emphasize customer and convenience services to the near exclusion of developing domestically produced equipment and improving infrastructure--will constrain the domestic growth of U.S. corporations and make it difficult for smaller…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Competition, Computer Networks, Employment Opportunities
Telecommunications Policy in Japan: Lessons for the U.S.
Harris, Robert G. – 1988
This paper reviews recent changes in Japanese telecommunications policy, assesses those changes, and evaluates the differences in the policy making and policy implementation processes in Japan and the United States. From this analysis, five lessons are derived for U.S. telecommunications policy: (1) the telecommunications sector is strategically…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Economic Development, Federal Regulation