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Download full textMiller, Kate – Children Now, 2008
More than ever before, Californians recognize that preschool provides young children with a strong start in school and life. Research confirms that effective preschool not only prepares children for kindergarten, but benefits them in the long-term. Despite the benefits, only 48% of 3- and 4-year-old children attend preschool in California. While…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Peer reviewedHurst, Paul – Comparative Education, 1981
To set the stage for this theme issue on aid and education in the Third World and on the World Bank's most recent (April 1980) Education Sector Policy Paper, the author presents a brief overview of aid to education and an agenda of major problems which are currently debated. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedWilliams, Peter – Comparative Education, 1981
The author reacts to the World Bank's 1980 Education Sector Policy Paper, considering such issues as definitions, strategic directions, loan policies, and monitoring. Part of a theme issue on the World Bank Paper and aid to educational development in Third World nations. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Kelley, Joseph E. – 1993
This document reports testimony at a Congressional hearing held to elicit information on international exchange programs. The testimony describes the international exchange and training or cultural programs funded partially or fully by the U.S. Government, using the 1990 report of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). The information survey included…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Government Role, Hearings
ASPBAE Courier, 1990
Several of the articles in this document arose out of the International Council for Adult Education's World Assembly held in Bangkok, Thailand, in January 1990. The first article is on the 1989 evaluation of the Hilltribe Development Project, a long-term project undertaken in the north of Thailand. The article briefly describes various aspects of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agricultural Production, Community Action, Community Development
Peer reviewedAmsterdamski, Stefan; Rhodes, Aaron – European Journal of Education, 1993
A study of need and strategies for higher education reform in East Central Europe is summarized. The study was based on separate studies in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, each from the perspective of those involved in the systems. Research/development policy, government role, funding, faculty, and international collaboration…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Lightfield, E. Timothy; And Others – 1989
Developed for consideration by the Chancellor and Virginia State Board of Community Colleges, other public officials, and all citizens of the Commonwealth, this task force report examines the future of Virginia's community colleges in economic development and workplace literacy. The report sets forth ten challenges which stand as obstacles to the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Development
Rigolot, Carol – 1980
Fiscal issues in higher education are considered, based on four conferences attended by academic and business leaders. After an initial conference of college and life insurance company presidents at Princeton University in 1978, three regional meetings were held in Greensboro, North Carolina; Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Boston, Massachusetts.…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Role, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
National Council on Employment Policy, Washington, DC. – 1982
Policymakers must review the accomplishments of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), problems associated with suggestions for its reform, and incremental reforms to the program that are required and possible. Despite the fact that research generally attests to CETA's success, the system suffers from a poor public image.…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
