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Flynn, Susan – Child Care in Practice, 2021
This article presents critical commentary on the relationship between wider policy in Ireland for children, and the practice of social workers and social care workers who work with children on the ground level. An overview of the current policy context for children is achieved through a focused commentary on the literature. This operates around…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Adebisi, Ademola – African Higher Education Review, 2013
It is a widely acknowledged fact that public tertiary educational institutions in Nigeria are not adequately funded. This has contributed to the slide in the giving and receiving standards of education in the country. However, as paltry as the financial receipts of the institutions are, it has been argued that, if the funds are transparently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Postsecondary Education, College Administration
Candelarie, Doris – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Across the United States, school districts are working to turnaround their lowest performing schools in order to meet the requirements of Adequate Yearly Progress mandated by the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001. These failing schools are facing district, state, and federal sanctions of closure, takeover, or restructuring. A new…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Federal Regulation, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
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Spicer, Rebecca; Nelkin, Valerie; Miller, Ted; Becker, Les – American Journal of Evaluation, 2004
Corporate data fall under the general category of administrative data and provide varied information on the worker and workplace. Studies of worker health, including evaluations of workplace programs, are often based on corporate data. With the exception of health care claims data, which are usually administered by a third party, the corporation…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Regulation, Employees, Confidentiality
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Torres, Mario S. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
Analyzes the impact of recent policy developments in the USA associated with school accountability according to the best interests of the student. With the mandated implementation of the US federal law entitled the No Child Left Behind Act approaching, minimal attention has been afforded to the complex ethical dimensions associated with policies…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Accountability, Ethics
Hadley, Paul E. – 1981
Issues of ethics in higher education, along with a broad overview on the field of ethics, are considered. Ethical concerns include: charges of unfair practices in the recruitment of college students, especially minority athletes; reducing admission requirements to the extent that classroom and even graduation standards may deteriorate; grade…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accountability, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action