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Direct linkBlakeley, Richard – Adults Learning, 2010
The statutory right to request time to train for all employees is the right way forward for UK plc and for workers. The coalition government not implementing this legislation in full would be a backward step. The author says this with such certainty because the status quo in which a third of employers don't train their workers and 10 million…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Corporate Education, Educational Opportunities
Hounsell, Dai; And Others – Education Libraries Bulletin, 1977
Describes a study of the computer searches performed by 14 education specialists on the ERIC database. Interviews with users indicate they felt retrieved materials were relevant, the database provides access to materials not obtainable through other sources, and the proportion of irrelevant items in the output is not significant. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWatson, Keith – Comparative Education, 1979
A survey is made of educational equality in countries with large and diverse multicultural populations, and implications for England and Wales are drawn. One thing is clear: there is and can be no common policy towards education in multicultural societies, since these vary so enormously in their origins and problems. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism
Download full textWeaver, Henry D. – 1993
This study examined the feasibility of a program to provide funds to U.S. faculty to fill the gap between the salary paid by a host university in a developing country and that of the home institution, with the goal of strengthening higher education institutions in developing countries. The project involved study of similar programs, faculty focus…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developing Nations, Feasibility Studies, Federal Aid
Nossen, Robert J., Ed. – PAACE-SETTER, 1984
The bulk of this issue consists of five articles providing insight into various phases of adult continuing education. "The Meliorist Position as a Philosophic Base for Adult Education" (Gordon Clay Godbey) examines these questions about meliorism: should we accept as natural improvement of the human condition, the constant wars, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Fletcher, Mick – 2001
This document explores the feasibility of loans to support English adults engaging in lifelong learning. The following topics are considered: (1) the policy context (loans in higher education, individual learning accounts, and education maintenance allowances); (2) the need for financial support; (3) attitudes toward loans; (3) financial advice,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Debt (Financial)
