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Direct linkClark, Tony – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2009
The paper starts with a description of higher education in the United Kingdom and of reforms over the last 50 years. By reference to specified output measures, the performance of UK universities is judged to be good. The factors affecting this performance are postulated by comparing policies and approaches in the United Kingdom with those…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Foreign Countries, Tuition
Dearn, John M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
In Australia a major national reform of universities is currently under way that is resulting in tension between government control and market forces.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2007
This booklet is designed for parents of school-aged children to introduce the concept and benefits of "No Child Left Behind" ("NCLB") legislation. Calling for a highly qualified teacher in the core subjects in every classroom, the goals of "NCLB" are centered in four principles: (1) holding schools accountable for…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Educational Legislation
Uko-Aviomoh, E. E.; Okoh, E.; Omatseye, B. O. J. – Education, 2007
The Universal Basic education (UBE) Programme could not have been introduced at a better time than now that the nation is in dire need of all round national Development. The major objective of the UBE programme is to provide free, universal and compulsory basic education for every Nigerian child aged 6-15 years. However, for the Universal Basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Compulsory Education, Access to Education
Alderman, Geoffrey; Brown, Roger – College and University, 2007
The governments of the USA and the UK have identified similar challenges facing their higher education sectors. Both governments believe in the centrality of market forces in meeting higher education demand, with government and academia playing subordinate roles. The public purposes of higher education must be restated if the potentially negative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Socioeconomic Status, Education Work Relationship, Educational Status Comparison
Parent, M. Joan – American Education, 1984
Discusses the local school board and school district perspective on how to achieve educational reform. Expresses a firm belief in local control of schools, i.e., self-government. (JOW)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Government Role
Council on Higher Education, Louisville, KY. – 2002
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is an independent statutory body established by South Africa's Higher Education Act of 1997. Its mandate is to advise the Minister of Education on all matters related to higher education so that the system is characterized by equity, quality, responsiveness, and effective and efficient provision and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Peer reviewedScherer, Joseph J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
Reviews Democratic and Republican party platform statements relevant to education between 1900 and the present. Currently, the parties are struggling to resolve government's role in relation to the individual. Reducing government does not necessarily secure development of strong individuals. A consensus to improve education for all students may…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Chen, Ching-Yaw; Sok, Phyra; Sok, Keomony – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2007
Purpose: To study the quality in higher education in Cambodia and explore the potential factors leading to quality in Cambodian higher education. Design/methodology/approach: Five main factors that were deemed relevant in providing quality in Cambodian higher education were proposed: academic curriculum and extra-curricular activities, teachers'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cambodians, Universities, Private Colleges
Lafon, Valerie, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: Higher Education: Quality, Equity and Efficiency. IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
US Government Accountability Office, 2009
Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing higher education than in years past, and recent legislative changes, such as those in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, have the potential to increase the number and diversity of this population. GAO was asked to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Disabilities, Technical Assistance, Special Needs Students
Job, P. S.; And Others – New Frontiers in Education, 1976
The impact of the National Emergency in India on higher education is discussed by a group of educators: P. S. Job, Malcolm Adiseshiah, M. V. Rajagopal, N. A. Karim, I. C. Menon, P. T. Chandy, J. N. Kapur, John Vallamattom, and R. C. Mehrotra. Questions were posed to them concerning improving the quality of education, and the role of the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Government Role
Peer reviewedCallery, Peter – Nurse Education Today, 2000
Comparison of teacher education and nursing education in Britain shows how centralization and government control of quality assurance and funding diminished teachers' professional autonomy and subjected the profession to public policy shifts. The same could occur in the transfer of nursing education to a government-funded higher education system.…
Descriptors: Centralization, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Advance Illinois, 2009
This generation of young people is on track to be less-educated than their parents--for the first time in American history. This, at the same time the world and workplace are changing dramatically and rapidly--when students, more than ever, need high levels of skill in order to compete. Advance Illinois has developed this report "We Can Do…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Change Strategies, Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness
Harley, Diane; Lawrence, Shannon – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2007
The universe of postsecondary education is expanding. It is an era of rapid demographic and labor market changes, increased competition and shifts in institutional form (e.g., the rise of for profit degree granters, the hybrid form of nonprofit/for profit partnerships, corporate universities), and new forms of delivery driven by emerging…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Labor Market, Educational Change, Public Policy
