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Cullen, Clara – History of Education, 2009
The Museum of Irish Industry in Dublin, in its short existence (1845-1867) facilitated the access of ordinary people to popular scientific education, became a "cause celebre" and was defended by popular protest when the government recommended its abolition in 1862. Its Director, Sir Robert Kane (1809-1890) was not only an advocate of…
Descriptors: Industrial Education, Social Life, Educational History, Museums
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Ntshoe, Isaac; De Villiers, Pierre – Perspectives in Education, 2008
This article explores the extent to which funding is used to steer the public higher education sector towards meeting the social, political and economic imperatives of post-1994 South Africa. It argues that the design of the funding framework influenced the direction of higher education after 1994, and that funding mechanisms explicitly or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Finance