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Teaching Chinese Students: Understanding Their Public Sector Paradigm
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Conrad, Cynthia; Coleman, Charles – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
Teaching Chinese students in an American university can be both challenging and rewarding. Cultural and language differences can lead to some superficial confusion and interpretational problems. However, the vast differences in the ways Chinese students view the role of the public sector, as compared to the US, can mean that the instructors and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Public Administration, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Between Public and Private: Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform
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Bulkley, Katrina E., Ed.; Henig, Jeffrey R., Ed.; Levin, Henry M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
"Between Public and Private" examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years: a portfolio management model, in which "a central office oversees a portfolio of schools offering diverse organizational and curricular themes, including traditional public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, School Districts, Educational Change
Diversification or Homogenization: How Markets and Governments Combine to Shape American Higher Education.
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Fairweather, James S. – Higher Education Policy, 2000
Suggests that our combined public, private, corporate, and proprietary system of postsecondary education can be best understood as a complex interaction of various types of markets, governmental policies, disciplinary associations, and institutional actors. Proposes a model for explaining how these factors interact to form the "system" of American…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Educational Policy, Government Role, Higher Education
K. Wayne's World: OCLC Confronts the Future.
Berry, John – Library Journal, 1993
Examines current OCLC practices and future possibilities under the leadership of K. Wayne Smith. Topics discussed include the changing roles of libraries, business, and government; the electronic information future; network possibilities, including the NREN (National Research and Education Network); future collaborations; online databases; and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Cooperation, Databases
Business Involvement in Education: Literature Review.
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Nichols Education Consulting Group, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1996
The literature on business involvement in education in Canada, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, the United Kingdom, and other European countries was reviewed. Special attention was paid to the following topics: workplace trends/changes; skill requirements/deficits; youth employment/unemployment; integration versus…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Apprenticeships, Career Guidance, Comparative Analysis
State Enterprise Zone Programs: Have They Worked?
Peters, Alan H.; Fisher, Peter S. – 2002
The effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs was examined by using a hypothetical-firm model called the Tax and Incentives Model-Enterprise Zones (TAIM-ez) model to analyze the value of enterprise zone incentives to businesses across the United States and especially in the 13 states that had substantial enterprise zone programs by 1990. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions
Human Capital: Building the Information Technology Workforce To Achieve Results. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Walker, David M. – 2001
The Comptroller General of the United States testified before Congress regarding the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) framework for building the information technology (IT) work force to achieve results. The following were among the key points of his testimony: (1) the federal government is facing pervasive human capital challenges that are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Role, Adult Education, Adult Learning