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Direct linkFernandes Nogueira, Jaana Flavia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Historically, higher education has played an important role in the development of societies. Indeed, this has been the case in both Argentina and Brazil. The overall goal of this dissertation is to examine the historical development and the current situation of higher education in Argentina and Brazil. In relation to history, it discusses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education
Download full textMoran, Revae E. – US Government Accountability Office, 2012
The transition out of high school to postsecondary education or the workforce can be a challenging time, especially for students with disabilities. Multiple federal agencies fund programs to support these students during their transition. In 2003, GAO reported that limited coordination among these programs can hinder a successful transition. GAO…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Disabilities, Public Agencies, Grants
Wellen, Richard; Axelrod, Paul; Desai-Trilokekar, Roopa; Shanahan, Theresa – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This paper examines the pattern of decision-making, lobbying, and influence that led to the landmark series of federal student assistance policies introduced by Jean Chretien's Liberal government in the late 1990s. The package of new initiatives--dubbed the Canada Opportunities Strategy--not only partially reversed an earlier period of fiscal…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Stakeholders, Foreign Countries, Grants
US Government Accountability Office, 2011
U.S. compacts with the freely associated states (FAS)--the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Marshall Islands, and Palau--permit FAS citizens to migrate to the United States and its territories (U.S. areas) without regard to visa and labor certification requirements. Thousands of FAS citizens have migrated to U.S. areas (compact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migration, Immigrants, Costs
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
As the largest provider of financial aid in higher education, with about $134 billion in Title IV funds provided to students in fiscal year 2010, the Department of Education (Education) has a considerable interest in distance education. Distance education--that is, offering courses by the Internet, video, or other forms outside the classroom--has…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Higher Education, Distance Education
Richardson, Joan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
This article presents an interview with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. In this interview, Duncan talks about the goal for his work leading American schools and how merit pay, charter schools, and mayoral control would improve student learning.
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Charter Schools, Educational Quality, City Government
Davis, Michelle R. – Education Week, 2006
"Education Week" Staff Writer Michelle R. Davis sat down with Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, on January 9, 2006, in the secretary's office at the U.S. Department of Education. This article contains excerpts from that interview. Secretary Spellings notes that being a parent of school-age children has given her an unusual…
Descriptors: Public Officials, Federal Government, Interviews, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedHochstein, Robert – Educational Record, 1981
An interview with Secretary of Education Bell is presented. Federal regulation, tuition tax credits, how proposed legislation might effect higher education, and how the Department of Education might be restructured are discussed. The Secretary hopes to reverse the trend toward federal control of education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, Administrators, Federal Government
Hua, Shucheng – 2002
The evolution of cadre (political elite and bureaucratic functionaries) education in China from 1949 to the present was evaluated in terms of leadership development and the underlying interests of the Chinese Communist Party as it integrates more fully into the world economy. Historic achievements include: (1) increased knowledge about market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Bureaucracy, Centralization
