The transition from apartheid to democracy necessitated radical transformation within the South African political, socio-economic and education landscape. Black and coloured students were only fit for unskilled or semi-skilled occupations resulting in under-qualified and poorly trained professionals. Since the inception of democracy, there was a…

We examine 100 years of rural education research within the context of the demographic, migratory, economic, and social changes that have affected rural America in the past century. We use systematic review of the literature on rural teacher recruitment, retention, and training as a case study for looking at the constancy and change in the…

The paper reveals research results of the pedagogical mechanisms influencing the increase of professional motivation of the new century Russian academics within additional vocational training program "Lecturer in higher educational establishments" focusing on the efficient work in the international educational environment as an outcome.…

An expanded investigation of the time it takes training budgets in five, now seven, industries to respond to changes in market demand and productive activity. A serious question, this reflects directly on the ability of the American economy to respond to changes in economic environment. Results indicate that for three of the five initial…

This study investigates the length of time it takes training budgets in five industries to respond to changes in the demand for their services/activity and for their speed of response to changes in productive activity. The results indicate that for the industries studied, the length of lag between change in demand and median adjustment to that…

This study aims to measure the attitudes of the freshman year students at Pre-School Teaching, Primary School, Psychological Consulting and Computing and Computing and Education Technologies Teaching Departments in Near East University, Ataturk Education Faculty towards computers. Usage of computing and IT is an essential factor in human life…

This document consist of the abstracts for two papers which considered the impact of information technologies on political and economic systems. The first paper, "The Political Repercussions of Transnational Corporate Information Systems" (Terry Curtis), argued that information technologies are the most recent in a series of…

One paper, one published article and one transcript of testimony that discuss school finance under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are presented. "Select Topics of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 for the Issuers of Tax-Exempt Governmental Obligations," by Carla J. Smith, presents three selected topics that address the issuers of tax-exempt…

Policy discussions about teacher quality and teacher "shortages" often focus on recruitment and retention of young teachers. However, attention has begun to focus on the incentive effects of teacher retirement benefit systems, particularly given their rising costs and the large unfunded liabilities. In this paper we analyze accrual of…

There is significant interest in reforming retirement plans for public school employees, particularly in light of current market conditions. This paper presents an overview of the various types of state regulation of public pension plans that affect possibilities for reform. Several states have legal protections that effectively prevent a state…

The knowledge economy is changing the way people work. New labor market entrants can expect to experience a succession of jobs in a number of industry sectors during their working lives. They may have concurrent part-time jobs at one time, and no paid work at other times. Work periods will be interspersed with periods of learning, either full- or…

Discusses the national perspective on cooperative education, including its role in the areas of economic, technological, and demographic change. Emphasizes the advantages that cooperative education programs offer employers, employees, educational institutions, and students. (W.C. Publications, P.O. Box 1578, Montclair, NJ 07042) (NRJ)

Expenditures for personal health care--70 percent of which are influenced by physicians--are continuing to rise at an annual compound rate of almost four percent, due largely to increased utilization. Components of the increased services, possible benefits, reasons for the increase, and approaches that can change present utilization patterns are…

This report assesses the changes in language use, based on political and cultural uses, around the world and specifically in Thailand. Early global theories divided the nations of the world into central, semiperipheral, and peripheral. Later, this classification was changed to developed nations, developing nations, and the Third World. Then came…

Framed by the heuristic device of "long waves" of capitalist development, journalism ideology is historically anchored to competitive media economics. (Long waves are 50-year economic cycles comprised of alternating 25-year periods of economic expansion followed by contraction periods.) With each long wave, a new institutional ecology…