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Sagintayeva, Aida, Ed.; Kurakbayev, Kairat, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This collection of papers introduces the proceedings of the fifth Annual Conference--"Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum" held on the 26th May, 2016 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. The contributors include university presidents, rectors, deans, directors of professional development and leadership programs, faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Economic Development, Social Change
Maruyama, Hideki – Online Submission, 2009
The scope of lifelong learning in Japan covers school education and informal learning. Japan faces large social changes: severe child population decline could ease competition for entrance examination but students are pushed to win in the society; cyber communication changes the human relationships more invisible and atomized; the gap between…
Descriptors: Community Development, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
Storberg-Walker, Julia – Online Submission, 2005
This paper summarizes a larger study conducted to create a theory of human capital transformation through HRD. The paper describes the problem, explains what human capital transformation is, and then presents the findings of the study. The two major findings are: 1) the process of conceptual development (part of theory building research) consists…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Human Capital, Labor Force Development, Training
Bush-Richards, Angela – Online Submission, 2008
This report describes the amount of variance in student achievement that can be attributed to school, teacher, and student-level variables.
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Student Characteristics, Social Capital, Human Capital