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Educational Reform in Colombia and Venezuela: An Organizational Analysis: Occasional Papers in Education and Development Number 4.
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Hanson, Mark – 1970
This paper examines (1) attempts at educational reform in Venezuela and Colombia by means of decentralization, and (2) the impact of decentralization on two contrasting educational systems. In Venezuela, the national school system was highly centralized with even routine decisions being made in Caracas, which resulted in a rigid, unresponsive…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decentralization, Decision Making, Educational Administration
The State and Higher Education in Colombia.
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Lucio, Ricardo; Serrano, Mariana – Higher Education, 1993
Development of higher education in Colombia is analyzed in the context of recent expansion, democratization, emphasis on quality, and efforts to differentiate programs and institutions. Critical policy areas emerging, overall funding and administration of the public sector, are examined; and possible future developments are discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Democratic Values, Educational Change
El Poder de Cambiar: La Experiencia del Proyecto Costa Atlantica de Colombia (The Power To Change: The Experience of the Atlantic Coast Project in Columbia, 1977-1989).
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Chetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
The Power To Change: The Experience of the Costa Atlantica Project in Colombia (1977-1989).
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Chetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy