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Caveats for the New Localism in Further Education--Why the Use of Principal-Agent Solutions at the Local Level Will Not Work
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Boocock, Andrew – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
The post-incorporation further education (FE) sector has experienced a number of quasi-markets over the past 23 years designed to incentivise college agents (managers and lecturers) to meet government objectives. To create such quasi-markets principal-agent (P-A) solutions have been introduced in the form of a series of funding incentives and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Financial Support
Higher Education Policy in the United Kingdom--Reformation or Dissolution?
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Dennison, John D. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1989
The United Kingdom's Education Reform Bill of 1987 is designed to bring major changes in funding policy, governance, and conditions of faculty appointment. Similarities in policy direction in Canada and the United Kingdom suggest that the British situation may predict some aspects of the future of Canadian higher education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Improving Student Learning through Calendar Change.
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Davies, Brent; Kerry, Trevor – School Leadership & Management, 1999
Examines research into reforming the school-year calendar in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Discusses anticipated advantages, summer learning loss, and possible solutions. Describes the TARDIS (Time and Resource Distribution in Schools) Project. Planners must analyze learning needs and consult stakeholders before changing…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Recent Studies on the Cost-Effectiveness of Military Training in TTCP Countries.
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Fletcher, J. D.; Orlansky, Jesse – 1989
This report summarizes 22 recent empirical studies on the cost-effectiveness of military training reported by countries that participate in The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP), i.e., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A discussion of the methodology used to summarize the studies is followed by a…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Flight Training
The Costs of Higher Education: An Essay on the Comparative Financing of Universities. Special Studies in Comparative Education No. 23.
Johnstone, D. Bruce – 1989
The paper uses data from the United States and several other industrialized nations to evaluate the costs of post-secondary education. Discussed are: variations on the concept of higher educational costs; three cost issues (how much higher education, the unit costs of higher education, and sharing the costs); higher education costs and social…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Systems of Organization and Allocation of National Resources for Scientific Research: Some International Comparisons and Conclusions for New Market Economies.
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Weiss, Charles, Jr.; Passman, Sidney – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Reviews science and technology policymaking in five countries with free-market economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Republic of Korea, and the United States. Implications for eastern European and other countries currently reorganizing toward domestic market economies and greater orientation toward world trade are discussed. (61…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Economics