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Download full textBarnard, Philip; Dixon, Stella – FEDA Bulletin, 1998
In Great Britain, interest in the measurement of value added was stimulated initially by the requirement that schools and further education (FE) colleges publish league tables of examination results. Value-added data can be aggregated to compare different institutions' performance. Within colleges, value-added data provide a basis for setting…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies
O'Brien, Eileen M. – ACE Research Briefs, 1993
Many college students today are combining their undergraduate studies with some type of paid employment, volunteer work, or internship experience. Estimates show that more than 60 percent of undergraduate students work in paid positions; as many as 26 percent serve as volunteers; and almost 25 percent of undergraduates participate in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Experiential Learning
Parjanen, Matti, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book contains four articles on adult higher education (AHE) in Finland. In the preface, Matti Parjanen outlines the development of AHE in Finland and discusses the rationale for the book. In "Adult Education and Universities in the Era of Economic Depression," Osmo Kivinen and Risto Rinne examine the dilemma between the mission of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Mobus, Martine; Verdier, Eric – Training & Employment, 1997
In both France and Germany, the government, employers' organizations, and unions all participate in defining vocational diplomas based on a national framework of procedures of elaborating and standardizing titles. Important differences between the diploma definition processes in France and Germany may be identified. In Germany, the issue is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Bulletin on Women and Employment in the EU, 1996
These six bulletins examine various aspects of women's employment in the European Union (EU). In the first bulletin, the different positions of women in the labor markets of the individual EU member countries are demonstrated to mirror the roles of women in each country's family and welfare system. The problems of unemployment and underemployment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Mortenson, Thomas G., Ed. – Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 1996
This document is a collection of 12 issues of a monthly report on public policy and programs affecting postsecondary educational opportunity. Each issue contains two or three research articles analyzing postsecondary educational trends. Titles of articles include: "Students with Educational Disabilities"; "Bureau of Labor Statistics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Freshmen, College Preparation
