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Ableidinger, Joe; Kowal, Julie – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
The twenty years since Minnesota passed the nation's first charter school law have seen a great expansion in school choice, with charters operating in all but ten states and enrolling nearly two million students nationwide. Yet while parents now enjoy more schooling options for their children, a disappointing number of charter schools fail to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, School Law, Program Development
Chambers, Gail S.; Cummings, William K. – 1990
The Institute of International Education outlines the forces behind the new wave of international cooperative ventures in higher education and the challenges they pose through a systematic focus on the Japan-United States transactions. Focus is placed on two prototypes: (1) U.S. accredited institutions setting up a cooperative venture in Japan to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Atkinson, Rob – 2002
To address the skills shortages stemming from the transition to a more technological and skills-intensive economy, Congress established a program whereby funds from H-1B visa fees would provide seed funds for private companies, labor, and government to join together in creating training alliances focused on skills in short supply. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems