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van der Gaag, Jacques; Abetti, Pauline – Brookings Institution, 2011
This policy brief outlines how national education accounts (NEAs) are created, and why they are a vast improvement over current financial tracking systems in the education sector. Examples from the health sector illustrate the benefits of national accounts for improving public services, and their ubiquity highlights the poor state of affairs of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Health Services
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Horm, Diane M.; Goble, Carla B.; Boatright, Michelle; Decker, Cindy G.; Noble, Nichol; Norris, Deborah J. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This article describes the initiation of a statewide public-private partnership to expand and enhance services for infants, toddlers, and their families. It presents information regarding the initiation and implementation of the project; the program requirements, including those for professional development; and the design of a three-phase program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Policy Analysis
Wallace, Lori – Journal of Distance Education, 2004
In order for online course delivery to be efficient, digital material such as scanned text, diagrams and graphics, and audio/video clips must be copied and distributed. The policies and processes for copyright clearance of digital materials are, however, poorly defined and cumbersome. As a result, university instructors often have incomplete…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Policy Analysis
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Evans, G. R. – Higher Education Policy, 2004
Recent Government policy has been strongly in favour of encouraging entrepreneurship and partnerships with industry. A flagship project backed by 68 million British Pounds was launched by Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1999. Due diligence exercises by the DTI failed to ensure that value for money was obtained. What had been planned…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Accountability