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Hernes, Gudmund – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2004
In June 2003, the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) organized its annual Policy Forum to discuss the impact of increasingly multi-ethnic and multicultural societies on education in general and the implications for educational planning in particular. The proceedings of this Policy Forum are presented in this volume. Part I,…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Coping, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
Edwards, Richard – 1997
This book examines different notions of a learning society and the changes in adult education theory and practice that will be required to create a learning society. Recent developments in the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, in other countries are cited as evidence that creating a learning society will require new forms of thinking about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Longworth, Norman – 2003
This book presents key concepts in lifelong learning and case studies illustrating the impact of lifelong learning on schools throughout the world. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 22 chapters: (1) the principle that learning is for the people; (2) educational decision making; (3) learning ownership and motivation; (4)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
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Scott, Kathryn – Social Education, 1995
Maintains that, on the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage, significant advances in the legal status, achievements, and opportunities for women have been made. Contends, however, that sexual harassment is still widespread in the nation's schools. Includes six charts defining and describing forms of sexual harassment. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Constitutional History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
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Gladieux, Lawrence E.; King, Jacqueline E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
The unsettled federal policy environment of the 1990s will affect public policy for higher education well into the next century, particularly in the areas of research support and student aid. Institutional researchers should work with financial aid officers to comply with rules and reporting requirements and to monitor policy effects on…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Policy
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Trainer, Ted – Geographical Education, 1990
Discusses the overconsumption and overproduction of industrialized nations and the condition of developing nations. Considers the global revolution in institutions, systems, values, and lifestyles necessary to implement sustainable development. Depicts a world of decentralized, self-sufficient communities, and describes education's potential role…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Decentralization
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Osborne, Bob; Shuttleworth, Ian – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2004
This paper examines the development of policies designed to widen access to higher education policy in the United Kingdom. These policies have evolved in the context of the devolution of political authority to the Scottish Parliament and Assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland, which has resulted in some policy variation. The paper examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Principles, College Environment
Halbrook, Steve A., Ed.; Merry, Carroll E., Ed. – 1996
This document contains abstracts and the complete texts of 19 papers that were presented at a conference held to improve the policy education efforts of extension workers responsible for public affairs programs. The following papers are included: "Microwave Society and Crock-Pot Government" (Bill Graves); "Citizen Participation,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
Collins, Mark, Ed.; Kimmel, Margaret Mary, Ed. – 1996
This collection of essays addresses the enduring influence and importance of Fred Rogers' 40 years of work in children's television. The 14 essays explore his message of tolerance, courtesy, and self respect, and its influence on children and adults as a counterbalance to social pressures increasingly impinging on children today. The essays are:…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
Renner, K. Edward – 1995
This book speaks to three challenges that face higher education in its quest to redefine the academic community: (1) beliefs about ourselves, our circumstances, our relationships, and our problems; (2) beliefs about personal and organizational change; and (3) beliefs about academic life, about reform and revolution, competition and cooperation,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Beliefs, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Green, Patricia – 1993
In light of the many changes of the past 20 years, it may be expected that plans of high school seniors for further education may have also changed, along with the kinds of jobs they expect to have and the things they regard as important. These questions are examined through data from the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS) and the National…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Education, Career Planning, College Bound Students
Obermiller, Phillip J.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes the Lower Price Hill Community School, located in a low-income neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, suggesting that the school's history and operation offer practical steps for improving education for Appalachian people. Conditions faced by urban Appalachians, many of whom migrated to cities following World War II are described…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Change
Blakely, Edward J.; And Others – 1983
Eleven papers on rural economic development cover challenges and opportunities; employment trends affecting nonmetropolitan areas; status of nonmetropolitan women and minorities; case studies of Vermont, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and California; western urban and regional development; economic development in small cities; and rural policy…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Census Figures, College Role, Economic Change
Zane, Polly; Zane, John – 1978
Focusing on changing roles of American women in response to social, technological, and historical influences since 1607, the document describes women's participation in home life, sports, professions, business, the labor movement, social reform, and the fight for legal rights. The document comprises six chronologically organized booklets and a…
Descriptors: Activism, Behavior Patterns, Colonial History (United States), Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Garcia, Ricardo L. – 1978
The purpose of multiethnic education is to prepare all students to live harmoniously in a multiethnic society. Multiethnic education pursues these goals by reflecting ethnic diversity in the curriculum, dealing directly with ethnic group similarities and differences, and helping students understand their uniqueness in a pluralistic milieu.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Bias, Blacks
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