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Paquette, Jerry – American Journal of Education, 2005
The past two decades have generated numerous and varied experiments with the use of public resources to support "private" schools, which, in any case, become and behave more like public schools in proportion to their dependence on the public purse. From an equity point of view, however, no compelling moral necessity exists to use public funds to…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Public Education, Public Schools, Private Schools
Castle, Emery N. – Rural Sociology, 2002
This paper sets forth an interdisciplinary interpretation of social capital that will permit the concept to be used with precision in scholarly and scientific work. If the interpretation is accepted, the social capital concept cannot be regarded as a social theory, nor as a statement of normative goals. The interdisciplinary concept proposed here…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Social Theories, Interdisciplinary Approach, Rural Areas
Poole, Wendy – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2007
Since the election of the Campbell government in 2001, teachers have experienced heightened conflict with the provincial government. An analysis of the discourse and power relations between the BC Teachers' Federation (BCTF) and government reveals a neo-liberal agenda on the part of government and anti-neo-liberalism on the part of the BCTF.…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Conflict, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Hannaway, Jane, Ed.; Rotherham, Andrew J., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2006
This comprehensive volume will spur and strengthen public debate over the role of teachers unions in education reform for years to come. Collective bargaining shapes the way public schools are organized, financed, staffed, and operated. Understanding collective bargaining in education and its impact on the day-to-day life of schools is critical to…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Unions, Educational Change, Educational History
Fox, Robert A.; Buchanan, Nina K. – Journal of School Choice, 2006
Virtually all state charter school legislation addresses teacher rights and working environment. Relationships with teacher unions are either specified in the law, or approval of the charter requires suitable provisions for employee hiring, firing, grievances, etc. Charter school evaluation almost without exception includes some references to…
Descriptors: Teacher Rights, Charter Schools, School Attitudes, Teacher Participation
White, Carolyn C.; And Others – 1989
This report presents annual basic descriptive and longitudinal population statistics on people with mental retardation and related conditions in state-operated residential facilities in the United States. Part I presents data on numbers of persons with mental retardation and related conditions, including first admissions, readmissions, releases,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Demography, Institutionalized Persons
Young, Peter C.; Fone, Martin – School Business Affairs, 1997
Discusses seven propositions underlying the strategies that insurance pools can, will, and must pursue: (1) risk management versus risk financing; (2) elimination of windfall advantages; (3) the maintenance of market-dominant status; (4) cost leadership; (5) client focus; (6) innovation and diversification; and (7) leadership challenges. A sidebar…
Descriptors: Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education

Sheekey, Arthur D. – TechTrends, 1997
Discusses the networking of educational services for schools, homes, and communities. Highlights include equal access; the development of digital technologies; visions for electronic information services; the public sector; the private sector; creating learning communities; and future possibilities, including funding strategies. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Equal Education
Missingham, Roxanne – Australian Special Libraries, 1994
Outsourcing has been proposed as a method for improving effectiveness and productivity in Australian public library service. Developments, drawbacks, and potentials are discussed, and differences between contracting out whole services as opposed to selected activities are examined. (AEF)
Descriptors: Costs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Library Administration

Rowlands, Ian – Journal of Government Information, 1995
Discusses findings of PUBLAW2, a European Commission follow-up study on the impact of its "Guidelines for Improving the Synergy between the Public and Private Sectors in the Information Market." Highlights include the study context; the impact of the guidelines; and issues of privacy and data protection, copyright and ownership,…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Hayes, Robert M.; Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1995
Discusses principles developed at the 1994 NIT (International Conference on New Information Technology) in Alexandria (Virginia) that focused on the global information infrastructure. Topics include educating and training users, responsibilities and education of information professionals, the role of national agencies, public and private sector…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Economic Factors, Global Approach, Government Role
Rosenbaum, Howard – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Discussion of the interrelationship of information technology, managers, and users, and the structure of public sector organizations focuses on a case study that examined the organizational changes in the information services department of a large, urban county government as a result of the use of sophisticated information technologies. (11…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Data Processing, Information Services

Cohen, Audrey J. – Public Personnel Management, 1993
A survey of 4,259 Baruch College alumni received 1,995 responses indicating that significantly more African-American business majors worked in the public sector. Best predictor of employment sector for whites was college major. African Americans who rated curricular guidance favorably and had no job offer at graduation were more likely to work in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Graduates, Government Employees, Higher Education
Buschman, John – American Libraries, 1990
Discusses the role of information technology in libraries and suggests that more questions need to be asked about its proper role. Topics discussed include the relationship of technological advances to social progress; private versus public sector control; changing values of librarianship; social and political implications; and access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Library Automation, Political Issues

Lambropoulos, Haris S. – Economics of Education Review, 1992
Uses Greek data for 1981 and 1985 to test screening hypothesis by replicating method proposed by Psacharopoulos. Credentialism, or sheepskin effect of education, directly challenges human capital theory, which views education as a productivity augmenting process. Results do not support the strong version of the screening hypothesis and suggest…
Descriptors: Credentials, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education