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Direct linkMcNally, Sinead; Share, Michelle; Murray, Aisling – Child Care in Practice, 2014
Anecdotal evidence suggests that grandparents provide a substantial amount of childcare support to parents of infants in Ireland yet there has been little attention to the provision of grandparent childcare at policy level. Using nationally representative data on childcare provision in the Republic of Ireland, this study examined the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Child Care
Peer reviewedBowser, Don; Race, Ken – Distance Education, 1991
Discusses academic support programs for distance education students and describes the results of an evaluation of the orientation program at the University College of Central Queensland (UCCQ). A questionnaire was used to determine the costs of the program, whether student needs were being met, orientation attendance, and needed changes or…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Program Costs
Download full textACTION, Washington, DC. – 1975
Appendixes to a study of the effectiveness of Peace Corps volunteers in agriculture who are AB generalists (individuals with a bachelor of arts degree in English, liberal arts, or social science) are contained in this document. Section 1 contains a glossary of terms used in the study. Section 2 describes the study's methodology and includes the…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2000
The approaches to costing, budgeting, and financial reporting being used in further education (FE) colleges in the United Kingdom as of autumn 2000 were examined through a questionnaire that was circulated to all finance directors in the FE college sector. Approximately one-third of the sector (144 FE colleges) responded. The responding FE…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Learning, College Programs, Educational Finance
Drummond, Lois – 1993
A study examined flexible delivery modes that could be used to provide adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) to students in rural areas of Victoria, Australia. Telephone interviews were conducted with 29 students and 20 tutors and administrators involved in community-based programs, the 3CCC Airwaves Learning radio program, and off-campus…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Delivery Systems
Gray, Michael; Peters, Jane; Fletcher, Mick; Kirk, Gordon – 2002
The impact of individual learning accounts (ILAs) on the success of learners in post-16 education sector in the United Kingdom was explored through an examination of available research on ILAs. The following were among the study's 12 messages for providers, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Individual Learning Account Centre: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Finance
Going the Distance: Are There Common Factors in High Performance Distance Learning? Research Report.
Hawksley, Rosemary; Owen, Jane – 2002
Common factors among high-performing distance learning (DL) programs were examined through case studies at 9 further education colleges and 2 nonsector organizations in the United Kingdom and a backup survey of a sample of 50 distance learners at 5 of the colleges. The study methodology incorporated numerous principles of process benchmarking. The…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Case Studies, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
McIntyre, John; Brown, Tony; Ferrier, Fran – 1996
The financial operations of providers of adult and community education (ACE) in New South Wales, Australia, were examined in a conceptual and empirical study. Enrollment data were analyzed and case studies of three community colleges and two community adult education centers in metropolitan, coastal, and rural communities were conducted. Four…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1999
This manual, which is intended for practitioners involved in the Asia and the Pacific Programme of Education for All, explains the basic concepts and procedures involved in monitoring and evaluating literacy and continuing education programs. The following are among the topics discussed in the manual's eight chapters: (1) understanding monitoring…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education, Data Analysis
