Australia's system of vocational education and training (VET) is based on the principle of partnerships between key stakeholders: governments (Commonwealth, state and territory), training providers, employers and employees. Industry representation and governance in the VET sector in Australia has undergone several transformations in the past, and…

Streamlining the vocational qualification development process in Australia is a current priority of the skills ministers of both the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This research summary explores the development processes associated with vocational qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current…

Describes the basic features of three different models of "innovation policy": (1) a model of explicit and institutionalized policy in Europe; (2) one of apparently limited policy affecting mainly the climate of innovation in the United States; and (3) one of implicit action imbedded in other policies in Japan. (Author/JN)

Examines the potential for U.S. monopolies in scientific, technical, and medical publications and distribution. Highlights include Europe's position; subsidies from government sources; the role of modern technology; the Internet; the need for European information infrastructures; linking users with producers; issues of copyright and ownership; and…

Presents a brief history of the struggle over public telecommunication's use of the satellite interconnection, a struggle in which private stations rejected the Public Broadcasting System, culminating in an alternative for system governance of the interconnection. (Author)

Describes a program established between the United States and China for exchange of government publications through their national libraries, the Library of Congress and the National Library of China. Challenges to the program, including the shift to electronic formats in the United States and government Internet censorship in China, are…

This paper discusses the relationship between national identity and the so-called "marginal" areas of Irish television, i.e., advertisements, continuity announcements, and promotional trailers. The following issues are considered: (1) how these "spaces" between television programs compare in terms of use and influence to…

An analysis of the American system of broadcasting and its regulation by the Federal Communications Commission sought to compare decision-making processes and outcomes in four cases involving innovations in the broadcasting market. The innovations, which were chosen to exemplify common elements in the commission's decision-making, included…

This analysis of government regulation of America's broadcast service provides: (1) a historical view of radio and television regulation, including the doctrines of scarcity and public trustee and other areas affected by deregulation in particular; (2) an analysis of the argument for deregulation; and (3) an assessment of the First Amendment, the…

Describes the administrative framework, government sector, private commercial sector, critical issues, and suggestions for improvement of the U.S. preparation for the World Administrative Radio Conference. The meeting, which will focus on long-term policymaking, is scheduled for September 1979. (CMV)

High definition television (HDTV) is an innovation in television that promises improvement in the image the television receiver displays. There are major differences between HDTV and the current National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) formats, and these technological changes are at the heart of debates over the introduction of HDTV. The…

It is time for the United States to formulate a deliberate national education plan through the collaboration of industry, labor, government, private foundations, universities, and the public schools, based on the model of the recent national education commissions. (MSE)

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…

This paper discusses Canada's response to international television programming competition, both directly from signals from the United States that are available over the air or by cable, and from foreign programming exhibited by Canadian broadcasters. Major topics discussed are: (1) failure of government regulation to induce significant Canadian…

The object of this study was to decode the expressive symbol systems attached to broadcasting in the 1920s and to come to an understanding of the significance of the new technology by exploring the utopian dimensions which were tacitly held by the market model, and expressed in a variety of ways by the men and women who were connected in some way…