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Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1999
This report presents the proceedings of a 1998 seminar which focused on four themes related to progress in sports development in Europe since 1989. Each of the four sections includes four papers, one from each of the experts from the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. "Tours de table" and discussion allowed participation by…
Descriptors: Athletics, Democracy, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Pejova, Zdravka, Ed.; Horton, Forest W., Ed. – 1993
At the workshop, better management through strategic planning of information and consultancy was discussed as one way in which developing and Eastern European countries could tackle the complex information problems they are facing during the transition to a market economy. The sixteen papers in this volume are grouped into three basic categories:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System
Download full textPioneer Inst. for Public Policy Research, Boston, MA. – 1995
A draft of a book, "School Choice: The Cultural Logic of Families, the Political Rationality of Institutions," received a great deal of media attention. The book contains research from nine different studies of school choice and includes an introduction and conclusion by Harvard professors Richard Elmore, Gary Orfield, and Bruce Fuller. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Pioneer Inst. for Public Policy Research, Boston, MA. – 1996
In Pioneer Institute's November 1995 "Dialogue," nine school-choice advocates critiqued a draft manuscript of "Who Chooses, Who Loses? Culture, Institutions, and the Unequal Effects of School Choice," edited by Harvard professors Richard Elmore, Gary Orfield, and Bruce Fuller. This publication contains the response of Professor Fuller to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1993
This publication presents 13 papers selected from a conference on school choice, which was designed to shed light on what is meant by school choice, what proposals are being advanced to achieve choice, and how various sections of the community view the issue. Following a preface and a list of participants in the conference, an essay by Christopher…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1998
These proceedings present papers from a workshop for policymakers from member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that focused on higher education in transitional economies. After a brief overview of the workshop and the participating countries, reports are presented on Cambodia, China,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Development, Educational Change
Melis, Africa, Ed.; Peigne, Florence, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1992
An international meeting explored work on business start-up undertaken jointly by CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) and France's Agence Nationale pour la creation d'entreprise. One opening presentation (Melis) addressed the basic idea underlying the research: to identify and highlight the role of training and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Business Administration, Career Counseling
PDF pending restorationHermant, Corinne, Ed.; van Langenhove, Lieve, Ed. – 1991
This report is based on presentations given at the workshop arranged jointly by the DELTA (Developing European Learning through Technological Advance) Unit of DG XIII/F and the Italian based Datamont spa. The workshop addressed three principal themes: markets for technology-based learning, standards and conventions for technology-based learning,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Equipment Standards, Foreign Countries
Pioneer Inst. for Public Policy Research, Boston, MA. – 1995
Pioneer Institute recently organized a roundtable in which school officials discussed their experiences with inter-district public school choice. The participants exchanged views on the current state of the choice program in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts inter-district school choice program allows parents to enroll their children at schools in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Marschall, Daniel, Ed. – 1992
A consensus that unions must develop coherent and comprehensive policies on new work systems and continuous learning in order to guide local activities, was the central theme of this conference on the interrelated issues of the high performance work organization. These proceedings include the following presentations: "Labor's Stake in High…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors
Neave, G.; And Others – 1990
This monograph presents four papers on the interaction of the market and higher education institutions in relation to the evolution of management and administrative patterns according to the requirements of new political and economic situations. In particular, the papers discuss the changes which a market ideology has brought to European higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
