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Mohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi; Nawal Ahmed Al-Hooti – Open Learning, 2025
The global knowledge, technological, and communication revolutions underway today have affected education systems in the Arab world and prompted these countries to reconsider strategies and policies related to distance learning. The responses from Arab educational institutions after the outbreak of COVID-19 have also created the need to…
Descriptors: Arabs, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Morrison, Keith – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
This paper reviews school inspection systems in small states and territories (SSTs), indicating tensions, challenges and sensitivities that relate to their small size. A qualitative case study is presented of the new school inspection system in Macau, a post-colonial, small territory facing issues experienced in other SSTs. Macau's inspection…
Descriptors: Inspection, Case Studies, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Wheelahan, Leesa; Moodie, Gavin; Billet, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
Degrees in technical and further education (TAFE) are relatively new, but are likely to grow as a consequence of government policies that both seek to increase the percentage of Australians holding a bachelor degree and create a more unified tertiary education sector. There are ten TAFE institutes authorised to offer higher education in five…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, Quality Control, Interviews
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 2002
The Distance Learning Policy Laboratory of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and many states and regional organizations are coming to a consensus on the principles and goals that should shape distance learning policies. In the case of quality assurance, the SREB believes there are four guiding principles that states should follow.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Strydom, A. H.; Holtzhausen, Somarie – 2001
This case study evaluated the development, partial implementation, and review of an institutional and operational approach to quality management that was developed, during a decade of radical political change, at the University of the Orange Free State, resulting in the rapid transformation of higher education institutions in South African. Phase…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Hayman, John; Floyd, Mike – 1980
A plan is presented herein for development of a Rural Education Information System for the 10 states which comprise the Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement. Since the Council considers its principal function to be support of educational policy analysis and formation in its member states, the information system design…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1995
The report presents a conceptual framework and related strategies designed to help policymakers and practitioners re-examine, and when necessary, rework the basic assumptions and practices defining the educational experiences of bilingual/English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners in New York City (New York) public schools. The report consists of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality

Pesta, George; Respress, Trinetia; Major, Aline K.; Arazan, Christine; Coxe, Terry – Evaluation Review, 2002
Describes the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's implementation of an evaluation research-driven quality assurance process for Florida's juvenile justice educational programs. Reviews the literature on juvenile justice educational practices and describes the educational quality assurance standards and annual modifications that draw…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Fulcher-Dawson, Rachel – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2006
This report presents results from research into the effects of early childhood programs on their participants, particularly low-income and at-risk children. The studies described offer evidence on the long-term effects of high quality early childhood programs. Such programs can have long-lasting positive effects on children and their families,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Low Income Groups, High Risk Students, Educational Quality
Ingram, David; John, Glyn – 1990
This study investigated the status of instruction in cultures and languages other than English in Queensland, Australia in preparation for development of comprehensive and coherent public policies for the field. The report addresses the following topics: the policy development process (project background and the nature of language education…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cultural Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 1999
This white paper outlines a proposed framework for post-16 learning in England. Chapter 1 discusses the principles underpinning the new policy, which are as follows: investing in learning to benefit everyone; lifting barriers to learning; putting people first; sharing responsibility with employers, employees, and the community; achieving world…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies
Commonwealth of Learning, 2004
Both of these "Surveys of policy and practice" were conducted on behalf of COL by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) as part of COL's partnership agreement with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning. The first report identifies…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Quality
Johnson, Steven; Winterton, Jonathan – 1999
A task force was convened to identify the nature, extent, and pattern of skill needs and shortages for managerial occupations in the United Kingdom (UK). The task force began by examining the key challenges facing managers in the UK. The following factors were among those considered: economic policies promoting liberalization and deregulation;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Business Administration, Business Education, Competency Based Education