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Parker, Ben; Walters, Shirley – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2008
During the last thirty years, National Qualification Frameworks have emerged as an attempt by the state to "manage" the relations between education, training and work. Drawing on South African experiences of ten years of development of a competency and outcomes based National Qualifications Framework (NQF), this paper highlights the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Empowerment, Economic Development, Lifelong Learning
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Votruba, James C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
Northern Kentucky University shapes internal and external accountability efforts around its mission to meet the needs of the region.
Descriptors: Accountability, College Role, Economic Development, Social Change
Collins, Timothy – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2005
This report discusses the need for a research agenda to understand how rural public schools can work with their communities to improve student performance while building the community. It focuses on the potential strengths of school-community relationships. Described herein are four community engagement models a school can adopt: (1) School as…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Rural Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Lifelong Learning