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Witter, Susan – 1992
Prior to 1985, the British Columbia (Canada) community colleges relied heavily on institutional seat purchases (direct funding) to support ongoing vocational programs and, to a lesser extent, to implement new training programs. With the introduction of the Canada Job Strategy in 1985, many of the seat purchases were reduced in favor of indirect…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Economics
Florida State Corrections Commission, Tallahassee. – 2000
The Florida Department of Corrections (DC) offers a variety of academic and vocational programs to a limited number of inmates. Funding is discretionary and provided through state general revenue, nine federal grants, and the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. Profiles of typical Florida inmates indicate almost 75 percent of the inmate population test at…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Correctional Education
Tranquada, Robert E.; And Others – Trusteeship, 1996
Five college and university trustees and administrators explain how their institutions are approaching tuition containment. Issues the institutions have addressed in this context include need-blind admissions policy, using the Consumer Price Index as a budgeting criterion, enrollment changes, relationships with service vendors, personnel policy,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services, Budgeting, College Administration
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Nazimov, I. N. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Discusses Russian political and economic changes and the impact on public education. Questions whether the emphasis on teaching ideas and new instructional methods is better than the work experience programs under the Soviet educational system. Concludes that the nation must maintain the labor training of students within school programs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1996
This paper is the third in a series of yearly efforts to identify the top public-policy issues facing higher education. Each of the 10 issues is discussed in terms of likely developments in 1996 and the near future, the issue's various aspects, and sources of further information on the issue. Issues identified and discussed are: (1) cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Greene, Jay P. – 2003
This bulletin discusses approaches that reformers are using nationwide to bring about improvement in urban schools. It focuses on (1) embracing more choices (school vouchers, charter schools, private management, public school transfers, home schooling, enrolling high school students in community colleges, and virtual education); (2) holding…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Charter Schools, Computer Uses in Education
Levin, Henry M., Ed. – 2001
This collection of essays examines efforts by groups and lobbyists to move education from the public to the private sector. There are 14 papers in 7 sections: The first section, "Introduction," includes: (1) "Studying Privatization in Education" (Henry M. Levin) and (2) "Educational Vouchers and the Media" (Lee D.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Roth, Andrew Paul – 1999
State-sponsored, tax-advantaged college savings programs (prepaid tuition plans, college savings trusts, and college savings bonds) have proliferated since 1994. This study, which examined 160 documents from 44 states, focuses on their effect on policy, and on the debate over public-versus-private responsibility to pay for higher education, as…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Responsibility
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Arriaza, Ricardo Sol – Higher Education Policy, 1996
Three trends in Central American higher education are examined in historical context: (1) inertia from lack of mobility, bureaucracy, and corporate influence; (2) elitism as a response to budgetary constraints; and (3) attempts to increase responsiveness to educational needs and demands. Issues examined include earlier attempts at change, slow…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Climate, Educational Change, Educational Demand
Liebschutz, Sarah F., Ed. – 2000
This book analyzes the responses of five states (Florida, Mississippi, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin) to challenges posed by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to alter state welfare programs and management systems. Using case studies, the book highlights similarities and differences in the states'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Change, Comparative Analysis
Adams, Arvil V.; And Others – Prospects, 1992
Presents a World Bank policy paper on vocational and technical education and training. Reviews the performance of vocational and technical education in both developed and developing nations. Provides four recommendations for donors who might wish to assist countries in meeting skill needs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Progress, Educational Finance
Vedder, Richard – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2004
The dramatic rise in university tuition costs is placing a greater financial burden on millions of college-bound Americans and their families. Yet only a fraction of the additional money colleges are collecting--twenty-one cents on the dollar--goes toward instruction. And, by many measures, colleges are doing a worse job of educating Americans.…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Higher Education, State Universities, Grants
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Hursh, David – Policy Futures in Education, 2005
Education in both England and the United States has undergone a profound change over the last two decades as part of neo-liberal and neoconservative political reforms. The reforms have been characterized by efforts to standardize the curriculum, to implement standardized tests in order to hold students, teachers, and schools accountable, to…
Descriptors: Democracy, School Choice, Standardized Tests, Educational Change
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
This paper is the fourth in a series of yearly efforts to identify the top 10 public-policy issues facing higher education. Each of the issues is discussed in terms of likely developments in 1997-98, the issue's various aspects, and sources of further information. Issues identified are: (1) the Higher Education Act Reauthorization (issues relating…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Copyrights, Economic Development
Sosale, Shobhana – 2000
The private sector is playing an increasingly important role in financing and providing educational services in many countries. (Often the term "private sector" encompasses households' out-of-pocket expenses rather than describing for-profit or not-for-profit sectors.) Private sector development has not arisen primarily through public…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Developing Nations
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