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Download full textWirt, John; Choy, Susan; Provasnik, Stephen; Rooney, Patrick; Sen, Anindita; Tobin, Richard – 2003
This volume presents indicators of important developments and trends in American education in 2003. Recurrent themes underscored by the indicators include participation and persistence in education, student performance and other outcomes, the environment for learning, and societal support for education. In addition, this volume contains a special…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Perraton, Hilary – 2000
This book contains 10 chapters that analyze and synthesize the progress of open and distance education (ODE) in the developing world. Most chapters include case studies of programs in a variety of countries. "Introduction: Golden Goose or Ugly Duckling" briefly delineates the history of the field. "Nonformal Education: The Light…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Programs
Kezar, Adrianna J. – 1999
The literature on graduate and professional education reflects many of the trends present in the literature on undergraduate education, including concerns about student learning; transforming the curriculum to be more inclusive; internationalization of the curriculum; incorporation of technology; growth in interdisciplinary education; and outcomes…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Outcomes Assessment
Windham, Douglas M. – 1992
This eight-chapter monograph deals with the requirements for providing education for all. Four interrelated themes are examined: developing a supporting policy context, mobilizing resources, building national technical capacity, and strengthening international solidarity. The first chapter gives an overview of these themes. Chapter 2 considers how…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cultural Context
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
This congressional report contains testimony given in relation to the passage of the Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act (S. 2325). (The Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act is legislation designed to consolidate existing federal vocational and adult education programs, to simplify requirements for states and other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Block Grants, Educational Finance
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Office for Vocational, Technical, and Career Education. – 1989
This monograph is a follow-up to a comprehensive study of education for employment that examined how successfully individuals were being prepared for employment by vocational education, career education, and adult education. Three goals surfaced from the study: enhancing quality, increasing effectiveness, and assuring access to vocational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling
McDonnell, Lorraine M. – 1983
In the face of fiscal crisis, today's education reform measures must be both cost-efficient and classroom effective. Experience shows that successful measures incorporate lessons gained from the growth years of the 1970's. New teaching practices, for example, can be transferred from site to site; schools can use to their advantage past efforts of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Sherman, Susan W., Ed. – 1983
Unemployment among young people is a serious and persistent problem in this country. Unemployment rates are especially high among members of minority groups, for high school dropouts, and in economically depressed areas. Vocational education can help to alleviate the problem of unemployment, and a close link between schools and employers can help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning school finance are reported in this chapter. Among the decisions discussed are United States Supreme Court findings in cases involving tuition tax credits, reimbursement of misapplied Title I funds by states, and tuition requirements for nonresident students. Cases concerning the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Lundberg, David – 1997
Existing research on vocational education and training (VET) for entry-level employment in Australia was reviewed. According to the review, research on entry-level VET has enhanced knowledge related to the following: competence requiring knowledge and understanding as well as performance; graded standards-based assessment; problems of policy…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Competence, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment
Wray, Harry – 1999
Continuing concern regarding the quality and future of education in both America and Japan prompts many comparisons of their nation's educational systems. Chapter 1, "Japanese Schools' Higher Achievement, Literacy, Efficiency, Discipline, Classroom Management, and Strengths of Civilization," attempts to explain the superior performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Discipline Policy
Akyeampong, Kwame; Djangmah, Jerome; Oduro, Abena; Seidu, Alhassan; Hunt, Frances – Online Submission, 2007
The analysis of access to education in Ghana builds on the Ministry of Education Sector Performance Report and the World Bank sector studies. Though access has improved it remains uneven and has not grown as fast enough to reach universal levels of participation in primary school and JSS [Junior Secondary School] by 2015. More needs to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Access to Education, Attendance Patterns
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1997
During the 1995-96 year, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Clearinghouse issued almost three dozen "Clearinghouse Notes" on a wide array of education issues. The notes, which are usually one to two pages long, show at a glance state legislation passed or pending on specific education issues. This packet contains the complete…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Charter Schools, Discipline Policy
Jones, Robert F. – 1992
This report presents information about the academic medical centers belonging to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and profiles American medical education generally. Following a brief introduction, a section on institutions and resources offers information on medical schools' financial support, faculties, and faculty practice…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Biomedicine, College Faculty, Curriculum Development
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Special Education. – 1976
This service model on special education for bilingual, bicultural handicapped children features the Arizona Task Force recommendations to local education agencies, to colleges and universities, and to human service organizations. A list of Task Force participants, introductory material, and a list of definitions are followed by information and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biculturalism, Bilingual Special Education, Bilingual Students
