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Download full textSmith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This volume is a companion to "The Funding of Vocational Education and Training for Students with Disabilities: Volume 1" [ED495186], which examines how the vocational education and training system currently allocates funds to support students with a disability, and suggests other funding models to promote their participation. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Special Needs Students, Resource Allocation
Smith, Joy Selby; Smith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – 1996
The effectiveness of the "user choice" approach to allocating public funds for training was examined through telephone interviews with 46 employers who were associated with 48 of Australia's 50 User Choice pilot projects (including employers associated with 7 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initiatives). The employers uniformly…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance, Employer Attitudes
Smith, Chris Selby; Ferrier, Fran – 2001
Australia introduced User Choice nationally in January 1998 to develop a national training system that is more responsive to clients' needs. User Choice is based on nine principles, including the following: (1) clients can negotiate their publicly funded training needs; (2) User Choice operates in a national training market not limited by state or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
