Publication Date
In 2025 | 9 |
Since 2024 | 60 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 147 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 307 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 870 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Jacobs, Johan | 8 |
Hamlin, Robert G. | 6 |
Rivera, William M. | 4 |
Sims, Ronald R. | 4 |
Ball, Stephen J. | 3 |
Friedman, Pamela | 3 |
Gustavsson, Maria | 3 |
Henggeler, Scott W. | 3 |
Johnstone, D. Bruce | 3 |
MacAllum, Keith | 3 |
Maguire, Sheila | 3 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Policymakers | 57 |
Practitioners | 39 |
Administrators | 21 |
Teachers | 19 |
Researchers | 14 |
Media Staff | 5 |
Community | 4 |
Students | 4 |
Parents | 2 |
Location
United Kingdom | 124 |
United States | 67 |
Australia | 64 |
Canada | 46 |
United Kingdom (England) | 46 |
Germany | 31 |
Sweden | 31 |
South Africa | 29 |
Pakistan | 27 |
California | 26 |
India | 23 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Finance Project, Washington, DC. – 1997
This guide is intended to provide guidance to state and local leaders in identifying the need for finance reform; understanding and evaluating the pros and cons of alternative financial approaches; and designing strategies to build long-lasting public support. Chapter 1 reviews the key forces pushing for reform and outlines principles to guide…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Children
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1992
To assist the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress in identifying and resolving policy issues related to the electronic delivery of government services, this study examined selected innovative information technology applications, management practices, and policies that promote experimentation and integration with new electronic…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Federal Government, Government Role
Cohen, Marie – Issue Notes, 1998
This publication, one of a series designed to help policymakers and TANF [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] agency personnel, offers an overview of programs providing publicly funded paid jobs in the public or nonprofit sector to TANF recipients, as well as of work experience programs in which recipients receive welfare payment in return…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs

Baumeister, Alfred A.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1991
Discusses child morbidity, suggesting solutions can be found at the community level. Argues the federal government's role is essential in articulating policy and providing resources. Generates a new morbidity model emphasizing poverty and social factors as crucial influences. Lists priorities for effective, preventive, intervention planning. (NL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Birth Rate, Child Development, Child Health
Pitkin, Gary M., Ed. – 1996
As a reference guide for library professionals, this volume helps librarians prepare for the future in the growing electronic environment by examining the historical and theoretical background of the National Electronic Library and assessing the role of libraries in the past, present, and future. The book is divided in two sections: "The…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Roberts, Brandon; Padden, Jeffrey D. – 1998
This report, which is directed toward policymakers at the local, state, and national levels, is based on an extensive nationwide study of welfare-to-work initiatives. It identifies strategies to assist the private sector in employing welfare recipients. The document begins with an executive summary that discusses the following: the research study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Employer Attitudes
Jacobs, Johan – 1996
This document, which is based on data gathered during a September 1994 mail survey of 215,284 South African graduates that elicited a total response rate of 18.3%, details the remuneration of graduates (as of July 1, 1994) in a wide range of administrative, managerial, and clerical occupations in the public and private sectors and in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Administration, Business Education, Compensation (Remuneration)
Alsalam, Nabeel; Stacey, Nevzer – 1989
A study of the training opportunities of high school graduates (about 825,000 in 1988) who work immediately after leaving school identified which members of that group get trained, by whom, and with what earnings consequences, based on the experiences of a sample of graduates from their graduation in 1972 until 1986. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Friedman, Pamela – Issue Notes, 1999
This document explains how community work experience programs (CWEP) and publicly funded jobs (PFJ) can be used to help hard-to-serve welfare recipients meet the work requirements imposed by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The document begins with a brief overview of available options for helping hard-to-serve welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disabilities, Eligibility
Jacobs, Johan – 1996
This report, in both English and Afrikaans, is based on data gathered during a September 1994 mail survey of 215,284 South African graduates that elicited a total response rate of 18.3%. It details the remuneration of graduates (as of July 1, 1994) in the following educational occupations: rector, principal, or inspector of education; lecturer;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Compensation (Remuneration), Foreign Countries, Fringe Benefits
Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
The Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, consisted of 19 demonstration projects that used three approaches to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers: community planning, dislocation aversion, and worker…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Case Studies, Community Planning
Oregon State Dept. of Employment, Salem. – 1993
Approximately 4,000 randomly selected Oregon employers were surveyed regarding their training practices and work organization. More than 43% of employers surveyed responded. Among the key survey findings were the following: most Oregon employers initially recruit locally; applicants for jobs in high performance organizations are often rejected…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Oregon State Economic Development Dept., Salem. – 1993
In 1992, questionnaires regarding the training and work organization practices were mailed to a random sample of 4,000 Oregon employers, and focus groups were held with 100 Oregon managers/employers. The main findings from the completed questionnaires (43% response rate) were as follows: most Oregon employers do not plan for training or treat it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Hedegaard, Birthe – 1990
In Denmark, suppliers of continuing training constitute the point at which the sources of finance meet the people who receive continuing training. On the basis of this close connection between training suppliers and the financial sources behind them, continuing training activities can be subdivided into these five categories: (1) continuing…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Finance, Employment Programs, Federal Aid

Kleiman, Ephraim; Rubenstein, Yona – Journal of Economic Education, 1996
Reports on the replication of Jane Leuthold's experiment concerning consumer choice, investments, and free riding indexes. This experiment, conducted in an Israeli undergraduate economics class, broadened the subjects' characteristics questionnaire to include issues of social consciousness and altruism. Includes four tables of statistical data.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Consumer Economics, Decision Making, Economic Factors