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Connell, Tschera Harkness; Franklin, Carl – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses educational issues concerning the Internet, including the changing role of the Internet in schools, libraries, and the workplace; unequal access resulting from economic and geographic barriers; implications of different privatization approaches; the impact of the Internet on professional school curricula; and the need for better tools…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
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Lee, Molly N. N. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1999
Analyzes the relationship between educational development and Malaysia's sociopolitical and economic context. Under the Vision 2020 rubric, liberalized educational policies are leading to a more democratic, privatized, and decentralized educational system. Curricular revisions stressing basic skills, moral values, and individual development are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decentralization, Democracy, Economic Factors
Morsy, Zaghloul, Ed.; Altbach, Philip G., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 17 essays focuses on trends and issues in higher education from an international perspective. It includes: (1) "Introduction" (Zaghloul Morsy); (2) "The Idea of the University: Changing Roles, Current Crisis, and Future Challenges" (Torsten Husen); (3) "Patterns in Higher Education Development: Towards…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colleges, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
McDonough, Patricia M.; And Others – 1994
This study examined characteristics of independent educational consultants, who provide a new and rapidly growing service, as well as characteristics of their clients who use these consultants in their college search process. The study used data from the Consultant Survey, which was mailed to 317 independent educational consultants of whom 157…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Connors, Lyndsay – 1989
An analysis of Australia's two conflicting trends in school governance and their effectiveness in meeting two major educational challenges is the purpose of this paper. Nationalization, which refers to greater centralization and increased national regulation; and privatization, which refers to decentralization, deregulation, and increased local…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Jones, Bruce Anthony, Ed. – 2000
The essays provided in this book shed light on and initiate debates about important policy issues associated with education reform and improvement. The authors do this by linking conceptual frameworks to past research, analyzing these challenges, and speculating about the contours of future research and school practice. Part 1, Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance
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Teichler, Ulrich – Higher Education Policy, 1996
A discussion of higher education in West Europe looks at the variety of educational philosophies guiding higher education systems and their implications for teaching, research, and administration. The changing role of universities is examined in the context of expansion and growth of private colleges. Factors affecting access and admission are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Admission, College Instruction
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Korostelev, V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Asserts that Russian vocational school principals now have to think and act as educational entrepreneurs. Discusses three shortcomings of Russian vocational-technical education. Argues that marketing is the foundation of success and provides three principles to guide educational planning and administration in the future. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Philosophy
Ender, Kenneth L.; Mooney, Kathleen A. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1994
University partnerships with private industry to effect service delivery in facilities management, food services, bookstore management, parking management, arena management, housing operations, business services, safety operations, communication services, and purchasing improves the quality of these services, reduces costs, does not affect core…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Stores, Cost Effectiveness, Dormitories
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Cochran, Moncrieff – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1995
Examines aspects of European day care that differentiate it from day care services on other continents, focusing on differences between child development and schooling, the distinction between infants and preschoolers, the place of family settings, professional versus parent perspectives, parents involvement, cultural diversity, decentralization,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Pluralism
Moffett, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Business should participate in school reform but has too narrow a perspective to guide it. Nationalizing education through comparative testing is a move to cut spending for social services, to increase accountability and efficiency without increasing financial responsibility or equity. Imposing private-sector rules on public education undermines…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Citizenship Responsibility, Comparative Testing
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Tomusk, Voldemar – Higher Education Management, 1995
Policy concerning faculty training and development in Estonian universities is examined, looking at current practices in comparison with those of the former Soviet Union. It is argued that since democratization there is little effort and some resistance to faculty renewal, despite new labels given to academic qualifications. University…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Barker, Ballard M., Ed. – 1994
This document contains four papers on aviation education. The first paper, "Why Aren't We Teaching Aeronautical Decision Making?" (Richard J. Adams), reviews 15 years of aviation research into the causes of human performance errors in aviation and provides guidelines for designing the next generation of aeronautical decision-making materials.…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Aviation Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Miller, Jennifer – 1998
In 1997, the Finance Project convened a roundtable meeting of representatives from organizations who have been working to improve the financing of services and supports to young children and their families; the meeting was convened with the purpose of mapping an agenda for future research, development, and demonstration to support improvements in…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Community Services
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Shchetinin, V. P. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Provides an overview of the problems and attitudes concerning educational financing of public education in Russia. Maintains that market mechanisms alone will be inadequate to meet the educational needs of all strata of society. The main burden of spending must be borne by the state. (MJP)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Equity (Finance)
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