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Bailey, Thomas; Badway, Norena; Gumport, Patricia J. – 2001
This report addresses contemporary concerns about the competitive threat from for-profit educational institutions, contrasts national data on for-profits with national data on private non-profit and public post-secondary institutions, and examines case study data comparing a for-profit chain with three public community colleges located near…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Altbach, Philip G., Ed. – 1999
This document addresses changes and trends in private higher education, with particular emphasis on Latin America. It focuses on specific issues facing private higher education, which has developed significantly worldwide. A variety of factors have brought private higher education to the forefront. There has been a shift in several countries from…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Colleges, Costs, Educational Change
Brawer, Florence B. – 1998
This digest reviews entrepreneurship activities among university and community college faculty and administrators, citing a number of studies that examine corporate-university linkages. These studies note that some faculty act as consultants to organizations, thus providing an avenue for personal interaction between industry and academe, or engage…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Community Colleges, Corporate Support
Levacic, Rosalind – Education Canada, 2002
Research findings in England suggest that increased competition among schools, if combined with performance management, may enhance schools' efficiency. But, to prevent greater inequality in access to good quality state education, care must be taken with the regulations governing school admissions and the incentives for schools to admit and retain…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Competition, Disadvantaged Youth
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Simkins, Tim – Educational Management & Administration, 1995
Although the driving philosophy underpinning British educational reform since 1988 has emphasized "quality" and "choice," few governmental pronouncements have addressed equity issues. This article defines "equity," focusing on distributional equity as a framework for examining reforms such as formula funding,…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Competition, Decentralization, Definitions
Bruegeman, Donald C – Business Officer, 1994
This article discusses the impact of resource reallocation by colleges and universities using Virginia Commonwealth University as an example. Alternative areas for creative reallocations noted include increased productivity/efficiency, quality improvement, growth by substitution, targeted fund raising, planned savings, categorical funding, tuition…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, College Administration
Broderick, Christopher – American School Board Journal, 1995
Describes the efforts of teachers and parents to open a charter school in Denver, which is being vigorously blocked by the school board. Discusses the pros (offer nontraditional teaching methods and institutional autonomy) and cons (drain public funds from poor schools) of charter schools. (LMI)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Boards of Education, Charter Schools, Educational Innovation
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McGinn, Noel; Pereira, Luzete – Comparative Education, 1992
Compares the histories of Brazilian and U.S. federal government policies toward educational governance. Argues that current policies that apparently support decentralization and privatization actually ensure the continued hegemony of the state while relieving it of financial and social responsibilities related to efficiency and equity. Contains 47…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Administration, Educational History, Educational Policy
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Smits, Hans – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2000
A continuation of colonialism, globalization's narrow focus on economics and free-market thinking reinforces modernist rationality and individualism and discounts how deeply all life is interconnected. Its effects on education are reflected in high stakes testing, emphasis on information technologies, and a discounting of non-Western cultures.…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Brown, Frank; Hunter, Richard C. – School Business Affairs, 1996
Both public and not-for-profit private schools contract with private vendors for specialized services. Current advocates of the privatization of public education are looking to extend privatization into the areas of management and instruction. Describes experiences of the Edison Project and Educational Alternatives, Inc. Offers advice to school…
Descriptors: Bids, Compliance (Legal), Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
Eckerd, Cynthia L. – School Business Affairs, 1996
Presents a chronological history of the conflict between the Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, teachers' union and the school board. The board hired Alternative Public Schools, Inc, to manage Turner Elementary Schools and gave the company permission to hire a new staff at Turner. The state supreme court has ruled in favor of the school district. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Contracts, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pearce, Diane; Gordon, Liz – London Review of Education, 2005
This paper examines the legislative framework developed in New Zealand over the last 15 years to facilitate greater parental choice in education. The discussion is set within the context of changes to admission practices in a number of education systems to advance the privatisation agenda, and outlines the resurgence of interest in the development…
Descriptors: School Choice, Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Admission Criteria
McLoone, Eugene P. – 1995
This paper presents an overview of legislative developments and policy debates that occurred in Maryland during 1994-95 and their effects on school finance. These developments include: (1) the election, by a narrow margin, of a new Democratic governor who promised to restore state cuts in educational expenditures; (2) the increase of…
Descriptors: Contracts, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Finn, Chester E., Jr., Ed.; Walberg, Herbert J., Ed. – 1994
This book presents a diverse set of unusual and significant departures from customary educational policies and practices. These "radical" ideas range from calling for national standards, to enacting statewide legislative initiatives, to implementing decentralized local initiatives such as charter schools, local school councils, and privatization.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Beales, Janet R. – 1994
To cut costs, some administrators are contracting with the private sector for such services as pupil transportation, facilities maintenance, and cafeteria operations. Proponents of competitive contracting assert that it can provide public schools with the kind of expertise, flexibility, and cost efficiencies not always available with inhouse…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics
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