Innovations in the industrial apprenticeship programs of foreign countries are related to: cost subsidizations and financing policies, administrative coordination, and increased program flexibility. (Adapted from a 1974 Industrial Relations Research Association conference paper.) (EA)

Examines the stated goals and outcomes of early childhood and child care programs. Uses a functional perspective in which actual outcomes are analyzed as functions to compare child care with early childhood education. Discusses the ideology of each type of program and examines the positive and negative aspects of amalgamating early childhood care…

Issues in developing the institutional structures to deliver cross-sectoral education and training were examined in a study of five Australian single-sector higher education institutions with various institutional arrangements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector and five dual-sector universities. Data were collected from the…