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Peer reviewedNwagwu, Cordelia C. – Comparative Education, 1997
During 1960-95, unplanned and uncontrolled educational expansion in Nigeria, coupled with a population explosion, military coups, and a depressed economy, created an environment of crisis in the educational system. Problems included poor funding; inadequate facilities; corruption in admissions, certification, and examination practices; emergence…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Facilities
Peer reviewedMarker, Willis; Raab, Charles D. – Scottish Educational Review, 1993
The Scottish Council for the Training of Teachers (SCTT) was established in 1959 to serve as a coordinating body during a major reorganization of the system of teacher education. Describes and assesses the way in which the SCTT functioned, especially as an advisory body, with respect to the construction of new colleges of education in the 1960s.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Development, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational History
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Direct linkOliver, Diane E. – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2004
This review of literature was written in preparation for conducting a research study on the U.S. community college system as a potential model for developing countries, and using Vietnam as a specific case. It is divided into four sections: (a) a discussion of the purposes of higher education (HE), (b) an examination of problems faced by the HE…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Institutional Autonomy
O'Grady, Barbara, Ed.; Levenson, Ruth, Ed. – 1978
Focusing on how local village communities in developing countries might support part or all of their educational costs, this study describes methods used by developing countries to reduce education costs and offers a model incorporating several of the most successful components of such projects. First is a discussion of methods used by governments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Education, Community Involvement
