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The Research System in the 1980's. Public Policy Issues.
Logsdon, John M., Ed. – 1982
U.S. research institutions are undergoing significant changes from patterns established in the decade following World War II. Declining undergraduate enrollments are predicted to lead to "steady-state" universities; federal policy is emphasizing industry-university research cooperation and calling for a decreased federal role in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Employment Opportunities, Engineering, Federal Aid
Enhancing Incentives to Improve Performance in the Education System in France. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 570
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O'Brien, Paul – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
The French education system has a mixed record. A generally very successful pre-school and primary school level contrasts with underfunded public universities with high dropout rates which exist alongside very successful higher education institutions for elites. Initial education, especially secondary education and the universities, along with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
1789-1989: Que la fete commence! (1789-1989: Let the Party Begin!).
de Warin, Claire; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1988
Events and activities directly related to the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989 are outlined, and literature, recordings, and films concerning the Revolution are listed. The role of the Mission du Bicentenaire is also described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, European History, Foreign Countries, French
Time-Sharing: The Look of the Future.
Vidal, Yves – World of Work, 1994
Time sharing, in which professionals distribute their working hours among several enterprises through part-time contracts, creates jobs, enables small businesses to take advantage of skills and experience, and gives flexibility. The question of how benefits, retirement, and unemployment insurance apply remains to be resolved. (SK)
Descriptors: Contracts, Foreign Countries, Job Development, Part Time Employment
They Won't Take No for an Answer: The Relais Enfants-Parents. Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections Number 11.
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Ayre, Elizabeth – 1996
The Bernard van Leer Foundation initiated a program in France entitled Relais Enfants-Parents to bring the children of prisoners to the forefront of social, political and judicial policy. The Relais Enfants-Parents program works to safeguard the psychological and emotional development of children by serving as a link between them and their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Health
Training and the Business World: The French Experience.
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Oechslin, Jean-Jacques – International Labour Review, 1987
The author appraises the training policies of French enterprises in light of the experiences of neighboring countries and from two complementary points of view: (1) the need of the enterprise for trained personnel and (2) its major role in providing training. (CH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Job Training
Creation, Development and Maturity of the Zone pour l'Innovation et les Realizations Scientifiques et Techniques Zirst-Grenoble-Meylan=Zone for Innovation and Scientific and Technical Achievement Zirst-Grenoble-Meylan.
Roy, Rene – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1987
The development of the Grenoble-Meylan (France) science park is described, highlighting the process by which the need for careful and coordinated planning was needed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Facility Expansion, Facility Planning, Foreign Countries