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Sasaoka, Yuichi; Nishimura, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article critically reflects upon the "divides" among actors within two currently popular education policies in low-income countries: decentralisation and Universal Primary Education (UPE). Current literatures suggest that the existing decentralisation framework tends to overlook the "divides" among actors that often impede…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Beare, H., Ed.; Boyd, W. Lowe, Ed. – 1993
The decade 1980-90 saw a spate of educational reconstruction occurring simultaneously in many countries. This book argues that the school restructuring of the past 10 years has been called the "education-reform movement," but that term is somewhat misleading. The current reform efforts seem to aim primarily at the control and governance of both…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Decentralization, Educational Change
Clark, Burton R. – 1977
Approaches to the organization and administration of higher education drawn from other countries are presented. In some countries, higher education is coordinated by a central bureaucracy in which there is much nationalization of the curriculum, a nationalized degree structure, and a nationalized system of admissions. This approach is contrasted…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bureaucracy, Centralization, College Role

La Belle, Thomas J.; Ward, Christopher R. – Comparative Education, 1990
Analyzes the relationship between radical social transformation and educational reform in Algeria, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Mozambique, and Nicaragua. Examines seven policy areas before and after transformation: centralized control, access to education, tracking, curriculum, personnel, language of instruction, and literacy. (28 references) (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Centralization, Comparative Analysis