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Cookson, Peter W., Jr., Ed.; Schneider, Barbara, Ed. – 1995
The authors in this book address the issues that relate to the crisis in American education and review some of the proposed solutions. To transform education, schools must be examined as social systems that are interrelated with families, communities, and the world of work. Following the introduction, section 1, "Conditions for Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Currie, Jan, Ed.; Newson, Janice, Ed. – 1998
The 14 papers in this collection examine how a globalizing political economy affects the way universities are governed, discussing practices such as managerialism, accountability, and privatization which represent a shift toward business values and a market agenda. Part 1 gives a theoretical overview of the globalization agenda. Part 2 gives three…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Comparative Education, Distance Education
Lubienski, Chris – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
The remarkable spread of home education needs to be considered in light of the arguments driving its growth. While acknowledging that there are many good reasons for individuals to choose home education, this analysis examines some of the most prominent assumptions and claims that advance the practice as a mass movement. Specifically, arguments…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Role of Education, Parent Rights, Social Sciences

Alexander, Beth; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
The choice of the Oregon Health Sciences University to change its status from public to private is discussed, focusing on the reasons for the change (decreased public funding, health care market competition, bureaucracy), the political process of building support for legislation, key features of restructuring, challenges faced, and lessons…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Strategies, Competition
Connors, Lyndsay – 1989
An analysis of Australia's two conflicting trends in school governance and their effectiveness in meeting two major educational challenges is the purpose of this paper. Nationalization, which refers to greater centralization and increased national regulation; and privatization, which refers to decentralization, deregulation, and increased local…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Chieuw, Juliet SF.; Mandolang, Nadine H. – 1992
This literature review, while not comprehensive, is aimed at informing the Strengthening Local Education Capacity project under way in Indonesia. Strategies that strengthen educational capacities at the school and local levels were reviewed, followed by strategies for local governance. Two school governance models, public choice and public…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Decentralization, Developing Nations
Tranquada, Robert E.; And Others – Trusteeship, 1996
Five college and university trustees and administrators explain how their institutions are approaching tuition containment. Issues the institutions have addressed in this context include need-blind admissions policy, using the Consumer Price Index as a budgeting criterion, enrollment changes, relationships with service vendors, personnel policy,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services, Budgeting, College Administration
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1996
This paper is the third in a series of yearly efforts to identify the top public-policy issues facing higher education. Each of the 10 issues is discussed in terms of likely developments in 1996 and the near future, the issue's various aspects, and sources of further information on the issue. Issues identified and discussed are: (1) cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
This paper is the fourth in a series of yearly efforts to identify the top 10 public-policy issues facing higher education. Each of the issues is discussed in terms of likely developments in 1997-98, the issue's various aspects, and sources of further information. Issues identified are: (1) the Higher Education Act Reauthorization (issues relating…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Copyrights, Economic Development