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Maghnouj, Soumaya; Salinas, Daniel; Kitchen, Hannah; Guthrie, Caitlyn; Bethell, George; Fordham, Elizabeth – OECD Publishing, 2020
Serbia's education system performs well compared to other countries in the Western Balkans. There have been improvements in access to education and Serbia has undertaken major institutional reforms in recent years, such as the introduction of achievement standards at the end of compulsory education, teacher standards and a school evaluation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2017
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2018" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. President Trump's 2018 Budget's defining ambition is to unleash the dreams of the American people. This requires laying a new foundation for American Greatness. Through…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Economic Progress, Fiscal Capacity
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2015
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was charged by state statute with developing a statewide Master Plan for the future development of public universities, community colleges, and colleges of applied technology, with input from the Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. The overriding function of the Plan…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Economic Development
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2016
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2017" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. President Obama's 2017 Budget makes critical investments while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement he signed into the previous fall, and it lifts sequestration in…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Economic Progress, Fiscal Capacity
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2015
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. The ideas offered by President Obama in this 2016 Budget are designed to bring middle-class economics into the 21st Century. They are intended to help working families…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Economic Progress, Fiscal Capacity
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen; Jez, Su Jin; Chisholm, Eric – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
The Obama Administration has helped articulate the important role community colleges play in educating the nation's workforce and boosting the economy. With a large share of projected job openings requiring college education of less than a bachelor's degree and offering family-supporting wages, the nation's community colleges can make a huge…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Role, Labor Force Development
Hammond, Cathy; Withington, Cairen; Sharp, Julia L.; Mobley, Catherine; Drew, Sam F.; Stringfield, Samuel C.; Stipanovic, Natalie; Swiger, Caroline M.; Daugherty, Lindsay; Griffith, Cathy – National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, 2014
This final report presents findings from data collection and analysis conducted during a five-year study by the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) at Clemson University, in conjunction with colleagues from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE) at the University of Louisville. This project was one of three…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Student Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Scherer, Ethan; Ryan, Sarah; Daugherty, Lindsay; Schweig, Jonathan David; Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella C. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2009, the City of New Haven and New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) announced a sweeping K-12 educational reform, New Haven School Change. The district had three primary goals for School Change: (1) close the gap between the performance of NHPS students' and Connecticut students' averages on state tests, (2) cut the high school dropout rate in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2011
The future of Greece's well-being will depend on improving educational performance to boost productivity and improve social outcomes. In the current economic context, with the need to get best value for spending, Greece must and can address inefficiencies in its education system. The challenges are significant. For example, Greece lags behind many…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
McIntyre, Chuck – 1997
Access to California Community Colleges (CCC) was examined in order to assist the 2005 Task Force of the Chancellor's Consultation Council develop strategies to address the expected economic, cultural, and demographic changes California will undergo between 1997 and 2005. Access to education will become increasingly important to California as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development