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Leitao da Silva Martins, Susana Paula – Industry and Higher Education, 2007
Indicators for measuring and comparing entrepreneurship in different regions are important tools for understanding economic and social development and formulating strategies to bring improvements to less developed areas. The existing indicators are not adequate for this purpose because they do not link the economic and social factors that…
Descriptors: Social Development, Entrepreneurship, Social Indicators, Economic Factors
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Yarger, Sam J.; Mertens, Sally K. – 1980
Five hundred program proposals to the new federal Teacher Centers Program were analyzed with the aim of determining how educational leaders, especially teachers, see the potential for teacher center development. The rationale and process for content analysis is discussed. Descriptions of teacher center proposals are presented and comparison is…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Federal Aid, Program Content, Program Development
Kirkaldy, John – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
The Australian education system should consider introducing vouchers according to one recommendation in a schools commission discussion document which looks at commonwealth-state arrangements for funding government and non-government schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2006
One important issue that is receiving attention at both the national and state levels is the need to improve teaching in science and mathematics and to address the shortage of qualified science and mathematics teachers in California schools, particularly secondary schools. There is a growing sense of urgency that our national competitiveness…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Science Teachers, Science Education, Mathematics Teachers
Lundman, Margita; And Others – 1978
The report gives an account of the needs of the speech impaired for technical aids, and presents a draft of a proposed research and development program coordinated by the Swedish Institute for the Handicapped in collaboration with the International Commission on Technical Aids, Housing and Transportation. The development of communication skills is…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Development, Electromechanical Aids, Foreign Countries
Schubert, William H.; Weible, David M. – 1979
The ways in which a sample of faculty members from the University of Illinois at Chicago create curricula is described and compared with methods selected from the curriculum development literature. An overview is presented of the university's Curriculum Development Grants (CDG) Committee program, its historical development, and several domains of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Committees, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports
Lake, Sara – 1984
This digest of recent proposals for educational reform provides a reference guide for those who wish to study these proposals in depth. Reports included are: (1) "Academic Preparation for College" (College Board Project Equality); (2) "ACSA's Recommendations on Standards" (Association of California School Administrators); (3) "Action for…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change