Descriptor
Source
| Higher Education | 2 |
Author
| Green, Madeleine F. | 1 |
| Windolf, Paul | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| United States | 2 |
| France | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedWindolf, Paul – Higher Education, 1992
The relationship between business cycles and expansion in higher education in 1870-1985 is analyzed and compared for Germany, Italy, France, the United States, and Japan. In most countries, expansion corresponded to economic recession. Spectral analysis, used to explore the cyclical character of the phenomenon, was found to be a powerful…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Education, Economic Climate, Educational Change
Peer reviewedGreen, Madeleine F. – Higher Education, 1995
Major changes in British higher education in the last five years are analyzed, including increasing student numbers, mandated government assessment, linking funding to assessment, modularized curriculum, and the competency movement. Comparisons are drawn with the United States, and the impact of the policy changes on one institution, the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
