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European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This report on vocational education and training (VET) in Bulgaria consists of a condensed description of the present situation in VET and analysis of the main challenges facing VET reform in the country. Chapter 1 offers basic data on Bulgaria. Chapter 2 describes main features of the VET system, strategic objectives for VET, and legislative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Continuing Education
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This report on vocational education and training (VET) in the Czech Republic consists of a condensed description of the present situation in VET and analysis of the main challenges facing VET reform in the country. Chapter 1 offers basic data on the Czech Republic. Chapter 2 describes main features of the VET system, strategic objectives for VET,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Continuing Education
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This report on vocational education and training (VET) in Hungary consists of a condensed description of the present situation in VET and analysis of the main challenges facing VET reform in the country. Chapter 1 offers basic data on Hungary. Chapter 2 describes main features of the VET system, strategic objectives for VET, and legislative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Continuing Education
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 1997
This report on vocational education and training (VET) in Slovenia consists of a condensed description of the present situation in VET and analysis of the main challenges facing VET reform in the country. Chapter 1 offers basic data on the country. Chapter 2 describes main features of the VET system, strategic objectives for VET, and legislative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Continuing Education
Kogan, Barry S., Ed. – 1997
This book examines the agenda of public education, offering formal presentations from a 1994 symposium on educational finance and a 1994 conference on rethinking public education. There are 12 chapters: (1) "School Reform: The Riddle of Change and Stability" (Larry Cuban); (2) "What Are We Learning about Learning in Schools?"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Child Development, Classroom Techniques
Pratt, John – 1997
This history of the "polytechnic experiment" covers the period from the establishment of a binary British higher education policy in the mid-1960s to the passage in 1992 of the Further and Higher Education Act, which abolished the binary policy and the polytechnic sector, thus enabling the polytechnics in England and Wales to acquire the…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Students, College Faculty, College Students
Fusch, Gene E. – 1996
From their beginnings, community colleges have evolved and continually improved their mission to better serve community residents. Previously, two-year colleges were mainly private institutions, committed to occupational and professional preparation, general education, and academic transfer. After 1965, legislation provided federal funds to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
McGivney, Veronica – 2000
This report presents results of a study in the United Kingdom to explore different understandings of outreach, its role in widening participation among people underrepresented in organized education, implications of doing outreach, and practical and ethical considerations involved. Chapter 1 addresses origins and meanings of outreach, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement
Carlson, Theodora E., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
This document contains the October 1956 through June 1957 issues of "School Life," a monthly publication of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of Education. The journal issues cover a variety of topics across education sectors, record numbers of school-aged youth, enrollment projections, national school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Education, Foreign Countries
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Georgiev, T.; Stepanjan, E.; Fichorov, I. – Higher Education in Europe, 1996
Examines the process of reform in Bulgarian higher education, including economic factors and legislation mandating changes. Issues discussed include academic freedom, university autonomy, creation of private institutions, tuition and fees in state institutions, quality of instruction and research, college admission criteria, national standards in…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Admission Criteria, Certification, Change Strategies
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 7, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "College Presidents Must Take Charge of College Sports" (Cowen, Scott…
Descriptors: College Presidents, College Athletics, College Students, Military Service
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This February 11, 2005 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "A Giant Eye on the Stars" (Lloyd, Marion); (2) "Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Astronomy, Higher Education, Politics of Education
Morduchowicz, Alejandro – 2001
The importance of private schools in Argentina is in contrast with the little attention they have been given in research on the country's education system. This paper has two aims: (1) to provide a brief summary of the outstanding milestones of educational privatization in Argentina; and (2) to review some of the most significant features of the…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
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Hickling-Hudson, Anne – Journal of Education Policy, 1992
Discusses results of an Australian study showing how wealthy schools use their greater material and human resources to establish a relatively sophisticated computer education culture, compared with poorer schools. Students from well-off families, especially boys, benefit by being prepared for elite jobs. Educators committed to equity must be…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Policy
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Abu Saad, Ismael – Comparative Education, 1991
Presents an overview of the educational system of the Bedouin Arab minority in southern Israel. Inequities between the Jewish and Arab schools include (1) inadequate school facilities; (2) an insufficient number of qualified teachers and administrators; and (3) an unacceptably high student-to-teacher ratio. A clear reform policy for Bedouin Arab…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Facilities
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