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Adelman, Clifford – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
This report seeks to answer four questions about data used every day in comparing higher education in the United States with that in other countries, particularly the 30 advanced post-industrial democracies, including the United States, that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). These questions are: (1)…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Student Participation, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
Johnson, Jean M. – 1996
The countries discussed in this report are mainly Western European and are those from which modern science, analytical methods, and inductive and deductive reasoning arose in the 17th and 18th centuries. This report has been prepared to provide as consistent a database as possible on human resources for science in the specified European countries.…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Demography, Developed Nations, Engineering
Nguni, Eliam – 1993
This paper presents an analysis of the number of university students attending institutions outside of their country of origin, focusing on the changes in such attendance between 1980 and 1990. Five tables present information on: (1) foreign students by region of origin; (2) percentage distribution of foreign students by region of origin; (3)…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1993
Information from the International Indicators Project of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation is used to compare completion rates of secondary and higher education in the United States with those of other highly industrialized countries, namely, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Educational Attainment
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1988
This report on the United States of America is one in a series of country studies prepared in the framework of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Education Committee activity on changing patterns of finance in higher education. The United States maintains the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developed Nations, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
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Lee, Kiong Hock; Tan, Jee Peng – Higher Education, 1984
The flow of developing country students to developed countries is examined from the perspective of the sending authorities in developing countries and the loss of foreign exchange to developing nations. The implications for expansion of higher education in developing nations are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Sen, Anindita; Partelow, Lisette A.; Miller, David C. – US Department of Education, 2005
Since the 1960s, the United States has participated actively in international projects that are designed to provide key information about the performance of the U.S. education system compared to other countries. These projects include the Indicators of National Education Systems (INES) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Educational Indicators
Sen, Anindita; Partelow, Lisette A.; Miller, David C. – US Department of Education, 2005
This report is designed to describe how the U.S. education system compares with the education systems in the Group of Eight, or G8, countries. These countries, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, are among the world's most economically developed. Comparative Indicators of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Burn, Barbara B.; And Others – 1990
This book reports on part of the results of an international research effort to analyze the structures and impacts of study abroad programs offered by higher education institutions in France, West Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. This volume, the first of two, presents the analysis of the structure and dynamics of study…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Credits, Developed Nations, Expenditure per Student
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1993
This report is an annual update on education statistics for member countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with the cooperation of UNESCO and the Statistical Office of the European Union. Some changes from earlier versions of "Education in OECD Countries" are introduced in this edition. Data comes from…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Fox, Bette-Lee; And Others – Library Journal, 1981
Presents data on the construction and renovation of academic and public libraries and two-year college learning resource centers for 1980-81. Information collected by this annual survey includes costs, area and capacity, and names of architects. Multiyear comparisons, data on Canadian public libraries, and a directory of architects are included.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Construction (Process), Developed Nations, Facility Improvement
Fox, Roger; McGinn, Kathy – 2000
In Ireland, funding of vocational education and training (VET) has been affected by economic change, changes in government vocational training policy, and legislation. Expenditure on initial VET is considerable and has been growing as young people stay longer at second-level school and a greater proportion attend post-school training.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged
von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1981
The 1980-81 and 1979-80 enrollment patterns of foreign students in Canadian universities are compared. The total number of foreign students increased rapidly during the early 1970s, peaked in 1976-77, and leveled off or declined in the following three years. Provincial patterns, however, did not conform to this national trend. Universities in…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment Trends
Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report distills hundreds of indicators from both domestic and international sources to determine how the United States compares to other countries and to its own past performance in competitiveness. It attempts to establish a baseline of some key education and training indicators that, taken together, show where the nation stands and where it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Developed Nations
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Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Higher Education Review, 1993
A discussion of the economics of higher education in developed and developing countries looks at these issues: increasing costs, spending in comparison with level of development, public subsidization, access, proportion of spending on salaries, higher education as investment, funding sources, cost reduction, and strategies for shifting cost…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Costs
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