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Direct linkEspinosa, Lorelle L., Ed.; McGuire, Kent, Ed.; Jackson, Leigh Miles, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2018
There are over 20 million young people of color in the United States whose representation in STEM education pathways and in the STEM workforce is still far below their numbers in the general population. Their participation could help re-establish the United States' preeminence in STEM innovation and productivity, while also increasing the number…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education
Dwyer, James G. – 2002
This book suggests that the welfare of children has been routinely subordinated to the interests and supposed rights of various groups of adults (parents, teachers, taxpayers, and advocates). It suggests that a truly child-centered approach to education reform would yield dramatically different conclusions regarding the morality and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Cibulka, James G., Ed.; Boyd, William Lowe, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers presents three approaches to urban educational reform. After "Introduction--Urban Education Reform: Competing Approaches" (James G. Cibulka and William Lowe Byrd), Part 1, "Systems Reforms of Urban School Systems," includes (1) "Accountability at the Improv: Brief Sketches of School Reform in Los…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textDavare, David W.; And Others – 1993
This book is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource on all aspects of school finance for Pennsylvania educators. Chapter 1 provides a historical overview of Pennsylvania school finance. The next three chapters examine the local, state, and federal sources of revenue. The fifth chapter explains the components of Pennsylvania's mandatory…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Budgets, Educational Finance
Kramer, Martin – 1980
How and why private and "private equivalent" resources (i.e., discretionary funds) have played such a large role in higher education in the United States, and how that role can continue to be performed in the financially troubled future, are outlined. Chapter One describes the "postponed crisis" precipitated by the end of growth in higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, College Administration, College Role
The Uneasy Public Policy Triangle in Higher Education: Quality, Diversity, and Budgetary Efficiency.
Finifter, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book presents essays inspired by an October, 1988, conference on recent changes in the relationship between public policy and higher education. The essays appear in five sections, the first of which, titled "Looking Backward: The Historical Context of Public Policy and Higher Education," serves as a retrospective and prospective examination…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Honeyman, David S., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book examines the issues surrounding the funding of higher education. The book is divided into 10 chapters: (1) "The Financing of Higher Education" (David S. Honeyman and Megan Bruhn); (2) "The Value of Investments in Higher Education: Capturing the Full Returns" (Terry S. Geske); (3) "State Funding Formulas: Promise…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Budig, Gene A., Ed. – 1972
Budgeting is examined in view of the increasingly complex relationship between colleges and universities and state governments. It is noted that there needs to be dramatic revisions to improve the responsiveness of state government to the needs of society, and institutions of higher learning have a stake in the outcome of this so-called…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, Budgets
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1998
The 10 papers in this handbook consider higher education theory and research. Following an opening essay, "Recollections and Reflections," by C. Robert Pace, which offers reflections on higher education as a field, on its evolution, and it future research needs, papers include: "Reflections on the Study of Effective College Teaching…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adolescents, Affirmative Action
Garms, Walter I.; And Others – 1978
Designed for use by students, policy-makers, educational administrators, social scientists, and lay citizens, this book analyzes three basic educational issues: the economics of education, the politics of educational finance, and the "new political economy" of education, which employs economic methods to study those governmental institutions…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
