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Download full textA. S. Arul Lawrence, Editor; C. Barathi, Editor; P. Pandia Vadivu, Editor – Online Submission, 2015
"Efficiency in Higher Education" is a sub-system within the total education system in a country. Higher Education contributes a major role in the national development, enriching the human potential. At the same time, climbing on the pinnacles of higher education and enjoying its benefit is not an easy task to achieve for a large number…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Higher Education, Government School Relationship, Equal Education
Habte, Aklilu; And Others – 1983
The three essays in this publication consider the relationship between human capital investment and economic development, particularly in the context of developing countries. The first article (by Aklilu Habte) reviews the experiences of the World Bank in lending for education, curriculum development, and vocational training. The role of education…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
Ortiz, Roxanne Dunbar, Ed. – 1979
A collection of 13 scholarly articles and essays, this book makes available hard-to-find information and theories about American Indian economic development. Part I, "The Land and the People", emphasizes cultural traditions and beliefs of Indian people and traces the development of the concept of sovereignty and its applicability to…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Colonialism
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1995
This bulletin reports on educational reform efforts in specific Latin American countries and calls for policy makers to utilize research findings on education in their decision. Five articles are included: (1) "Education Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Agenda for Action" (Ernesto Schiefelbein); (2) "Uruguayan High…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Ingersoll, Richard M., Ed. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2007
Across the educational systems of the world, few issues have received more attention in recent years than the problem of ensuring that elementary and secondary-school classrooms are all staffed with adequately qualified teachers. The objective of this report is to present the results from a collaborative, comparative study, that examined the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness
Dosa, Marta – 1997
Born out of more than 20 years of working within international information development and exchange projects, conferences, and consultancies, this collection of papers offers insight into the many issues involved in the international exchange of information and ideas. The information contained in this work helps to build a bridge between the…
Descriptors: Counseling, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Jorgensen, Joseph G.; And Others – 1978
Indian tribes in the western United States own a considerable portion of the nation's uranium, strippable coal, oil shale, geothermal, natural gas and petroleum reserves. Research and observation show that the impacts of energy development activities on Indian lands and peoples are overwhelming. Perhaps the most significant impacts are the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Culture Conflict, Developing Nations, Economic Development
London, Manuel, Ed. – 1995
The 13 chapters in this volume detail how industrial and organizational psychologists, human resource professionals, and consultants have created innovative human resource development and training programs. "Employee Development and Job Creation" (Jennifer Jarratt, Joseph F. Coates) looks at several trends that have important consequences for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Dislocated Workers
Decker, Larry E., Ed.; Romney, Valerie A., Ed. – 1992
This document explores the application of the community education process to restructuring activities at both the state and local level. The monograph contains the following papers: "In the Forefront of Restructuring" (Larry Decker, Valerie Romney); "Building Learning Communities: Realities of Educational Restructuring" (Larry…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Bishop, John; And Others – 1985
This collection contains studies of two large-scale national survey databases that have rich information on on-the-job training. The following papers are included: "On-the-Job Training/Sorting: Theory and Evidence," by John Bishop and Suk Kang; "The Magnitude and Determinants of On-the-Job Training," by John Bishop; "Impacts of Training," by John…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Economics, Human Capital
Marshall, Ray, Ed. – 1977
The papers in this volume are concerned with rural development, with emphasis on the problems of low-income groups. Stephen McDonald explores economic factors in farm outmigration. Virgil Christian, Jr. and Adamantios Pepelasis discuss the extent and importance of economies of size in agriculture. Thomas Till analyzes the nature and extent of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture, Economic Development, Economic Factors
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. – 1983
This yearbook includes 24 papers dealing with collaboration between the vocational education and private sectors. Presented first are the following papers on the foundation for collaboration: "The Changing Nature of Work and Workers" (Joseph F. Coates), "Jobs with a Future" (Marvin J. Cetron), "The Mission of Vocational…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Business, Case Studies
Ganzglass, Evelyn, Ed. – 1992
This volume contains an introduction and four policy option papers that explore key issues affecting the economy and state options to address the issues within the context of the U.S. workplace. "Introduction" (David Bedford, Evelyn Ganzglass) discusses the issues identified in the first phase of the governors' initiative on Excellence…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economics, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
2000
This document consists of three symposia papers on human resources development (HRD) in Asia. "The Impact of Action Learning on the Conflict-Handling Styles of Managers in a Malaysian Firm" (Antony Hii, Michael J. Marquardt) presented results of a quantitative study of a three-month action learning program on managers'…
Descriptors: College Administration, Conflict Resolution, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Schlack, Marilyn; And Others – 1993
The papers in this collection describe partnership programs and projects involving Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) in Michigan. The first paper, "The Arcadia Commons Partnership: The Community College and Economic Redevelopment," by Marilyn Schlack, describes the Arcadia Commons, a business-education park in downtown Kalamazoo,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Community Development, Consortia
