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Higher Education and the State: Changing Relationships in Europe and East Asia. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
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Goodman, Roger, Ed.; Kariya, Takehiko, Ed.; Taylor, John, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The relationship between the state and higher education institutions has always been a complex one. The "state" itself in this context is a heterogeneous mix of elite people--bureaucrats, politicians, committees of co-opted academics and business leader--and it increasingly faces pressures from diverse stakeholders, including students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Public Sector, Higher Education
Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Blurring Borders, Changing Balance. Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia
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Welch, Anthony – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East, South, and East Asia has shifted markedly. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice, and Possibilities.
Galston, William A.; Baehler, Karen J. – 1995
This book synthesizes and analyzes much of the theoretical and practical literature on rural economic development and related issues from the past two decades with the aim of initiating construction of a new model for U.S. rural development policy. Part I emphasizes the national and global context within which U.S. rural development must take…
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Change, Economic Development, Government Role
Museums and Adults Learning: Perspectives from Europe.
Chadwick, Alan, Ed.; Stannett, Annette, Ed. – 2000
This book contains 28 papers presenting perspectives from Europe on museums and adult learning. The papers, each of which is devoted to a specific country, examine topics such as the following: further education and inservice training; programs for unemployed individuals; lectures and open days; elderly visitors; immigrants; refugees; disabled…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Andragogy
International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Part One [and] Part Two. Kluwer International Handbooks of Education.
Aspin, David, Ed.; Chapman, Judith, Ed.; Hatton, Michael, Ed.; Sawano, Yukiko, Ed. – 2001
These volumes contain 40 papers examining the principles, policies, structure, and practice of lifelong learning worldwide. The following are among the papers included: "Towards a Philosophy of Lifelong Learning" (David Aspin, Judith Chapman); "Locating Lifelong Learning and Education in Contemporary Currents of Thought and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy