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Direct linkSutton Trust, 2014
Ahead of the party conference season, the Sutton Trust is urging fairer admissions to comprehensives, grammar schools and independent schools as part of a 10-point Mobility Manifesto setting out ten practical policy steps designed to put social mobility at the heart of the 2015 election campaign. The manifesto urges greater use of ballots (random…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Admission (School), Urban Schools, Educational Quality
Download full textGudenberg, Karl A. – 1981
Rural work-education councils are free-standing voluntary associations of community leaders averaging around 21 to 25 voting members who are organized by task-specific action committees working to improve and expand educational and economic development options and thus ease the education-to-work transition in rural America. There are currently…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Organizations, Cooperation, Economic Development
Kraak, Andre – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
This article investigates the contribution skills development can make in promoting South Africa's wider socio-economic development. It provides a broad overview of the emerging gap between those who are benefiting from South Africa's transition to democracy and those who are not. Overcoming these worsening social conditions has become a major…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Vocational Education, Skill Development
Huttemann, Lutz, Ed. – 1986
Seven papers from the Mbabane workshop are presented in the first part of this report: (1) "An Overview of the Supply of Information in Swaziland" (E. Wamala); (2) "The Place of a Documentation Centre in the Supply of Information in Swaziland: Problems and Prospects" (M. M. Nhlapo); (3) "The Concept of Cooperation in…
Descriptors: Coordination, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLowry, Robert C.; Silver, Brian D. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Asserts that variance between a university's reputation as an institution and its commitment to research have a greater impact on political science department rankings than any internal factors within the department. Includes several tables showing statistical variables of department and university rankings. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Achievement Rating, Analysis of Variance, Credibility
White House Conference on Families, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report of the White House Conference on Families describes preparations for and the conduct of the National Conference and presents recommendations for action. After introductory material, the report traces in section two the development, adoption and ranking of the conference recommendations. Subsequently, recommendations made in four main…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Conferences
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1980
This report examines selected public sector direct job creation schemes that were in operation in 1977-1978 in Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Based on responses to a questionnaire and discussions with officials in the five countries, the information presented in the report is not intended to evaluate any one…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Attainment
