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Blau, David M., Ed. – 1995
Economic issues are an important part of the debate over child care policy. This volume presents findings from economic analyses of research on child care issues surrounding recent policy decisions and scholarly debates. The book's introduction discusses four main issues; government involvement in child care policies, its effect on quality of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Consumer Economics, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Bowen, William G.; Bok, Derek – 1998
This book examines issues of race in college admission through analysis of data from the College and Beyond database, a study of the college careers and subsequent lives of over 45,000 students of all races who had attended academically selective universities between the 1970s and early 1990s. The book examines how much race-sensitive admissions…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Ackerman, Richard H.; And Others – 1996
School principals are regularly confronted with conflicting priorities and perplexing dilemmas. This book shares some of the sense that practicing principals have made of their own complex work. Arguing that there are no textbook solutions to most school problems, the book proposes looking at leadership as a quest. It identifies seven persisting…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution
