Explains that since 1996 in The Netherlands "newcomers" (migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers) are obliged to participate in an educational settlement program that helps them gain access to professional education and the labor market. Focuses on the settlement efforts required by adult education and the newcomers. (CMK)

Discusses PRESTIGE, the project funded by the European Commission within its Training and Mobility Researchers program, describing the research design of the Oxford part of the project. Describes a comparative study of the implementation of the 'European Dimension' in education in England, Scotland, and Wales. Considers the methodological and…

Compares and contrasts school counselor training programs in two different cultures: (1) the University of Ilorin (Nigeria); and (2) the Pennsylvania State University. Focuses on course content, method of training, program emphasis, and accreditation. Discusses the implications of these issues of the development and improvement of counselor…

Compares the training and development of principals in Singapore (a one-year course with mentoring) and England and Wales (the part-time National Professional Qualification for Headship without mentoring). Addresses the conditions for effective mentoring and the positive and negative aspects of mentoring. (CMK)

Describes and analyzes the emergence of lifelong learning as the central strategy in European Union education and training policies. Focuses on the development of European Union education and training programs, the emergence of lifelong learning on the policy agenda, and the White Paper "Teaching and Learning--Towards the Learning…