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Boocock, Sarane Spence; Predow, Karen – 1979
This report describes the results of a seminar whose purpose was to examine sociological theory as an aid in understanding the sources of equity and inequity in American education, the conditions under which inequalities ircrease and decrease, and the outcomes of policies and strategies designed to enhance educational equity. Educational equity is…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Equal Education, Race, Sex Fairness
Peer reviewedKing, Elizabeth M.; Lillard, Lee A. – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Aggregate schooling levels have risen greatly since the 1960's in Malaysia and the Philippines. This paper examines the extent to which indivduals' family background and government educational policies together influence schooling levels. Results suggest that policies have significantly affected attainment and distribution levels in both…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
International Labour Office, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1987
This report presents the work of a seminar that focused attention on the occupational segregation of men and women in developing nations in Asia. Chapters I and II give a summary of the seminar proceedings and the full text of its findings. Chapter III is devoted to five resource papers: "Diversification of Women's Occupations: A Regional…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Equal Education
Peer reviewedJimenez, Emmanuel; Tan, Jee-Peng – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Uses Colombian data to examine the impact on equity if ability, rather than willingness to pay private school costs, determined which secondary school graduates enter postsecondary education. Results show that individuals from lower socioeconomic strata would gain by this reform mechanism, but that the proportion of female students would decline.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Access to Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Download full textMcNeil, Donald R. – 1990
These proceedings address five themes that emerged from discussions among 28 of the nation's most experienced leaders in the uses of technology in higher education: (1) access and equity; (2) quality teaching and learning environments; (3) training and support systems; (4) collaboration and cooperation; and (5) finance. Technical, attitudinal, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Distance Education, Educational Quality
Carnoy, Martin; Loop, Liza – 1986
This report on a symposium sponsored jointly by Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) and the Stanford University School of Education to foster understanding of the role of educational technology in educational systems and to identify needs for further research begins by summarizing international trends in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development
Peer reviewedJamison, Dean T.; Van der Gaag, Jacques – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Data from a household survey in northwestern China help assess education's impact on employment status and earnings of urban dwellers and on the value of small farm output. As in other developing countries, children of poorly educated, rural-dwelling parents perform less well than those of better educated, urban-dwelling parents. Includes eight…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment
Jackson, Jan, Ed. – 1990
The document includes these presentations: "Minority Voices" (Mora); "Reflections of Outstanding Adult Learners" (Paulk, Stwyer, Torres); "Ethical and Quality Issues in Continuing Higher Education" (Sweeney); "Vision 2000: Guess Who's Coming to the Classroom?" (McCloud); and "Beyond Management:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Ancillary School Services
1990
A framework for global educational improvement adopted by the World Conference on Education for All is presented in this document. Included are examples of how the "expanded vision" of basic education have been applied in practice. Five chapters summarize worldwide educational needs and strategies to meet them. "Global Challenges…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Educational Development, Educational Economics
de los Santos, Alfredo G., Jr., Ed. – 1987
An overview is provided of the discussion at the conference, as well as edited versions of the keynote address and nine commissioned papers prepared as background for the working sessions: "Achieving Quality and Equality" (Donald M. Stewart); "Financial Aid and Ethnic Minorities" (Jacob O. Stampen and Robert H. Fenske); "Minority Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Administrative Policy, American Indians
Garth, Phyllis Ham, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 14 papers from an annual symposium on research in adult education for African Americans and Latin Americans. Representative papers include the following: "Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Keeping the Faith and Representing the Race--From the Pulpit to Politics" (Roudell Kirkwood); "Religious Education and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, African Culture, Afrocentrism
Corson, David, Ed.; Lawton, Stephen B., Ed. – 1993
These two volumes comprise the proceedings of a conference on links between education and work and the power relationships in the wider culture and in its social order. Each volume begins with a "Foreword" (Ronald C. Morrison), "Preface" (Arthur Kruger), "Introduction" (David Corson), and author notes. Volume I…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Education, Education Work Relationship
Technology Univ.-Sydney, Broadway (Australia). Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training. – 1999
This publication is comprised of 12 position papers from the National Equity Workshop held at the University of Technology Sidney (Australia) at which participants summarized their positions on the way equity should be understood, their views on the strengths and weaknesses of current vocational education and training (VET) policy, and what they…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Organizations, Correctional Education
Preece, Julia, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 12 papers exploring the problem of strengthening the notion of the United Kingdom as a learning society by making the country's higher education system more responsive to the various social groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in all areas of the nation's formal, postcompulsory education system. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Connors, James J., Ed.; Murphy, Tim H., Ed. – 1997
The following are among the 51 papers and 7 poster sessions included: "Agriculture in the Classroom" (Hillison); "Effects of an Elementary Agri-Science Program on Student Perceptions of and Performance in Agriculture and Science" (Howell); "Current Status of Preservice Teacher Education Programs in Agriculture" (Swortzel); "Problems and Challenges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
