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Telfer, Ross – The Australian Administrator, 1980
Australia's public elementary and secondary education system lacks a variety of types of schools, so some educational administration students are sent on field trips to study other school and nonschool organizations. One university, for example, sends its students to a hospital, private schools and colleges, and retail stores. Before the field…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Bureaucracy, Comparative Analysis
Leatt, Desmond J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1987
This bulletin reports on five high schools that have effective, comprehensive student leadership programs. First, it reviews ways in which student councils can enrich students' lives. In addition to having a positive effect on students' success in school and later life, involvement in student activity programs influences the way that students…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, Leadership Training
Download full textO'Brien, Eileen M. – ACE Research Briefs, 1993
Many college students today are combining their undergraduate studies with some type of paid employment, volunteer work, or internship experience. Estimates show that more than 60 percent of undergraduate students work in paid positions; as many as 26 percent serve as volunteers; and almost 25 percent of undergraduates participate in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Experiential Learning
Thery, Michel; Roussel, Patrick; Zygmunt, Christian – Training & Employment, 2003
Comparison of company practices regarding continuing training of employees shows great diversity among the 15 European Union member states. In 11 countries, over 70 percent of companies are "training involved" (TICs). South European countries have a low percentage of TICs; the proportion of TICs in north European countries is over 80…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Continuing Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
In spite of widespread concerns about low academic achievement nationally, parents generally have expressed satisfaction with their own children's achievement and schools, largely because their children's grades suggest that they are doing well. This report examines what student grades tell about achievement through the use of data from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Peer reviewedTucker, G. Richard – Focus, 1980
A comparison of the salient characteristics of Canadian and United States bilingual education programs suggests various settings where it would be desirable to introduce children to schooling in their home language. These settings include: (1) the various ethnic communities in the United States, (2) multilingual developing countries, (3) parts of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
