Inclusion policy refers to a reform where diversity among all learners, including those with disabilities, is supported. In order to implement this policy, schools have to undergo a process of transformation toward inclusive education where children receive equal education with learning opportunities for all. In an ideal school, where inclusive…

The purpose of this study is to seek to understand the process of privatisation and deregulation of Israel's higher education system which had been until the late 20th century predominantly public. Since 1994, public and governmental agencies became major clients of private universities. Thus the public sector played a major role in the expansion…

In 1948, the Palestinians were targeted and manipulated to strengthen and sustain the dominant Israeli power and reproduce white Israeli values. The education system promulgated this strategy. Only 5 percent of Palestinians in Israel attend college, since they are ineligible for state financial help. (MLH)

An examination of the U.S. and Israel points up ways in which the emphasis on egalitarianism in the founding political doctrines of each has determined much in its institutional practices and patterns of behavior, and the repeated efforts of each to "equalize" hierarchies imposed seemingly by social necessity. (Author/JM)

This paper examines issues of equality, discrimination, affirmative action, and preferential treatment in Israel. An introduction provides a broad outline of topics addressed in the paper: the status of the Jewish sector, with treatment of Jewish immigrants to serve as an example of affirmative action; the policies of the state in relation to the…

This collection of nine articles presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The articles are: (1) "University-State Relations in Britain: Paradigm of Autonomy" (Peter Scott); (2) "Changing Conceptions of State-University…