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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2003
In the early 1990s, the Finnish government embarked on a strategy to remold Finland into a knowledge society. A key element in this strategy was to raise the knowledge and skill levels of the population by doubling higher education enrollments by the end of the century. Recognizing that it would be neither affordable nor desirable to double…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Systems Development
Maxwell, I. C. M. – 1980
Described are the first 25 years of Britain's Inter-University Council's program to develop university education in the then dependent territories, which has developed into a system of cooperation voluntarily adopted by some 35 overseas universities of different sizes, patterns and roles. Part I, Evolving Policies, examines the foundation for the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Alphonse, S. Xavier – 1996
This book provides information on the concept and practice of community colleges in both the United States and India. It is intended to serve as a guideline for the development in India of institutions and programs modeled after American community colleges. The foreword discusses the findings of a survey of colleges in India on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Education, Developing Institutions, Educational Change
Reimers, Fernando; Tiburcio, Luis – 1993
This discussion paper is designed to stimulate dialogue within the United Nations system and the donor community with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of development cooperation. The paper also aims to increase awareness among policymakers about options for change and UNESCO's potential role in the context of the renewal and prioritization of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Economics
Zupancic, Joze, Ed.; Wrycza, Stanislaw, Ed. – 1994
These proceedings present 3 invited papers, 65 submitted papers, and 17 presentations on work in progress that were given at the Fourth International Conference on Information Systems Development. The three invited papers are: "Information Systems Planning in Small Business" (Georgios Doukidis, Panagiotis Lybereas, Robert D. Galliers);…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software Development, Engineering, Foreign Countries