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Direct linkGoodman, Roger, Ed.; Kariya, Takehiko, Ed.; Taylor, John, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The relationship between the state and higher education institutions has always been a complex one. The "state" itself in this context is a heterogeneous mix of elite people--bureaucrats, politicians, committees of co-opted academics and business leader--and it increasingly faces pressures from diverse stakeholders, including students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Public Sector, Higher Education
Donn, Gari, Ed.; Al Manthri, Yahya, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
This book brings together academics and postgraduate students, practitioners and Ministry officials all of whom are wedded to developing an understanding of what is happening to education in the broader Middle East. They cover many countries whilst recognising that many more could have been included. In drawing attention to education in Pakistan,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Policy Formation
Kwiek, Marek, Ed.; Kurkiewicz, Andrzej, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The recent decade brought about new ways of thinking about universities. European-level educational policies became increasingly influential as the agenda of university reforms was viewed as part of greater Lisbon strategy reforms. National governments adopted the economic concept of the university consistently developed in subsequent official…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Zhou, Minglang, Ed.; Hill, Ann Maxwell, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
This volume is the first to comprehensively examine Chinese's affirmative action policies in the critical area of minority education, the most important conduit to employment and economic success in the People's Republic of China after the economic reforms begun in the late 1970s. This book contains four parts. Part I, "Debating China's…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Consolidated Schools, Indigenous Populations, Compulsory Education
Sykes, Gary, Ed.; Schneider, Barbara, Ed.; Plank, David N., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
Educational policy continues to be of major concern. Policy debates about economic growth and national competitiveness, for example, commonly focus on the importance of human capital and a highly educated workforce. Defining the theoretical boundaries and methodological approaches of education policy research are the two primary themes of this…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Economic Progress, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Kahin, Brian, Ed. – 1993
This volume is designed to provide planners and policymakers with a single volume reference book on efforts to define and develop policy for the National Information Infrastructure. The sourcebook is divided into five sections: (1) official documents; (2) vision statements and position papers; (3) program and project descriptions (all sectors);…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Federal Government
Download full textScribner, Jay D., Ed.; Layton, Donald H., Ed. – 1995
This book surveys major trends in the politics of education over the last 25 years. Chapters synthesize political and policy developments at local, national, and state levels in the United States, as well as in the international arena. The chapters examine the emerging micropolitics of education and policy-analysis, cultural, and feminist studies.…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism
Education Policy Formation in Africa: A Comparative Study of Five Countries. Technical Paper No. 12.
Evans, David R., Ed. – 1994
This publication contains a set of five case studies and two analytical overview chapters that lay the foundation for a deeper understanding of the process of educational policy formation in Africa. Reflecting developments until late 1992, the cases include Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Mali, and Senegal. The articles describe and analyze current…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Change
Carter, David S. G., Ed.; O'Neill, Marnie H., Ed. – 1995
This book focuses on educational change processes in the context of larger scale educational reform. The first of 2 volumes, the book contains 11 chapters that examine the historical, social, and economic forces at work in the formulation and implementation of educational policy. The chapters present different cross-cultural experiences of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational History
Beach, Jane; And Others – 1994
This book consists of working papers presented at the national child care conference and is intended to rejuvenate interest in the child care agenda for the 1990s. The first paper addresses child care policy and its relationship to child and family poverty, and child care and its connection to economic and labor force strategies. The second paper…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Impact, Employed Women
Jacobs, Francine H., Ed.; Davies, Margery W., Ed. – 1994
Meant to orient a broad audience to basic issues of child and family policy in the United States today, this book includes an overview of the recent history of child and family policy in the United States, an exploration of several political economic conditions underlying changes in these policies, case studies of selected local, state and federal…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Case Studies, Child Welfare, Children
Stalker, Jacqueline, Ed.; Prentice, Susan, Ed. – 1998
The 17 monographs in this book are written from the perspective of Canadian women students, faculty, and administrators about their experiences in postsecondary education. Selections are organized under five headings: (1) "Post-Secondary Education: The Inclusion Myth Then and Now"; (2) "Women as Students: The Marginal…
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Environment, Equal Education
Tuijnman, Albert C., Ed.; Kirsch, Irwin S., Ed.; Wagner, Daniel A., Ed. – 1997
This book contains 13 papers examining innovations in measuring adults' basic skills and analyzing adult literacy policy. The following papers are included: "Series Preface" (Daniel A. Wagner); "Foreword" (Torsten Husen); "Introduction" (Albert Tuijnman); "Adult Basic Skills: Policy Issues and a Research…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
