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Martin Fislake; Jana Schumacher – Design and Technology Education, 2024
In March 2018, metal construction kits were distributed to all elementary schools in Rhineland-Palatinate as part of the project called "Technikkiste" [translation from German: technology box] to promote STEM education. At the end of the year 2018, three more expansion sets followed. So far, no requests have been made to schools, even…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum
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Benabou, Roland; Kramarz, Francis; Prost, Corinne – Economics of Education Review, 2009
We provide an assessment of the French ZEP (Zones d'Education Prioritaire), a program started in 1982 that channels additional resources to schools in disadvantaged areas and encourages the development of new teaching projects. Focusing on middle-schools, we first evaluate the impact of the ZEP status on resources, their utilization (teacher…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
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Chadwick-Jones, John K.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1987
The distribution pattern of a Canadian research fellowship award is examined in light of application patterns, patterns of research funding in U.S. institutions, and the peer review system. The need to encourage participation through competition is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Federal Programs, Fellowships
Hughes, James J. – 1970
This report reviews the literature on cost-benefit analysis of retraining and discusses possible approaches to conducting such an analysis. Exemplary programs in Sweden and the United States are described. Despite the existence of externalities which preclude exact calculation of costs and benefits, the report concludes that retraining is…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Climate, Economic Research
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1992
This report briefly reviews the history of federal support of higher education in Canada and then turns, in Part II, to an overview of several factors which contribute to uncertainty over the future of federal support. It concentrates on mechanisms for federal support, and though it does not advocate a single funding option, it proposes several…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, Willowdale. – 1981
Background information is provided on a number of conditions affecting Ontario's community colleges. The first section, dealing with financial issues, considers the college environment in the 1980s; examines the provincial government's perspective on priorities, the allocation process, government funding, and budgetary expenditures and trends; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgets, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Machado de Souza, Edson – 1968
An analysis of the financial contributions to educational programs made by the Brazilian government attempts to outline the actual costs, describe the ways in which the funds were spent, and ascertain whether or not the amounts were sufficient for the projects on hand. The report is intended to shed new light on the general educational situation…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance