Human capital theory and rate of return methodology have long been a dominant framework in comparative and international education and other fields. While there have been criticisms since its inception, it has been ubiquitous and widely accepted as an important mechanism for educational planning, evaluation, and policy making. In this article, I…

This essay explores the role of UNESCO, the World Bank, and the US Agency for International Development as key international actors shaping teacher development in Palestine. The argument presented is that international influence, particularly through donor-funded projects, combined with limited capacity within the Ministry of Education and local…

The 2014 "Comparative Education Review" bibliography of refereed journal articles on topics relevant to comparative and international education covers all 12 months in 2014 and includes 3,389 entries--a full 30 percent increase over the set of references assembled in the 2013 bibliography. They are drawn from 280 refereed journals, both…

Recent evidence highlights several worrisome trends regarding aid pledges and disbursements, which have been exacerbated by the global financial crisis. First, while overall development assistance rose in 2008, after 2 years of decline, the share of all sector aid going to the education sector has remained virtually unchanged at about 12 percent…

Author reflected on Douglas Windham's article on macro-planning, what it is and how it can be identified and what is needed before any sound and sure judgment of the efficacy of educational planning can be reached. (Author/RK)

This article is a criticism of the previous article in this journal concerning the traditional planning approaches to education, manpower planning and rate-of-return analysis. As well it offered eight suggested topics for emphasis in educational planning. (Author/RK)

Author discussed the tendency of economists of education, cited by Douglas Windham, to turn heterogeneous data (school leavers, enrollment, teachers, secondary schools) into statistical abstractions and considered three other kinds of abstraction said to have contributed to planning deficiencies. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the present paper is to review the reasons for the growing disenchantment with traditional macro-planning efforts in education and to anticipate what effect this disenchantment may be expected to have upon education and educational planning activities in developing nations. (Author)

This paper attempts to employ a model of occupational attainment proposed for the United States by Peter M. Blau and O. Dudley Duncan in order to test a series of propositions about the influence of societal development on the role of formal schooling in the occupational attainment process. (Author)

Discusses the participation of interested social groups in the process of educational development and communication between committees and advisory councils and the general public. (RK)

Disagrees with Psacharapoulos that theory and qualitative research have little value in studying educational problems. Emphasizes the importance of local context to educational planning, and the need for more thorough discussion of the concepts used in comparative education, consistent use of terminology, and honest elaboration of researchers'…

For comparative education to provide a valid contribution to educational policymaking, attention must be given to the context of decision and the possible enlargement of the decision-making population. Recommendations and writings must be geared to their audience and should draw on other related disciplines. (SV)

Article evaluated the need for education in Third World nations and how it influenced the whole nature, magnitude, and character of their development. (Author/RK)

Editors invited Professor Anderson to express his views on the work of the Comparative Education Center at the University of Chicago, and on the state of the art'' in general. (Editor/CB)