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Soobrayan, V. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
This article traces the legal challenges and contestations embedded in five recent cases of higher education mergers in South Africa. I am aware that there are a number of forms of mergers. For the purposes of this article I use the term as one that is descriptive of a policy decision. Where necessary I make a brief distinction between a merger…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Legal Problems, Foreign Countries, Court Litigation
Levine, David I.; Neuhauser, Frank; Petersen, Jeffrey S. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002
Decentralized regulation has become increasingly important in many areas; examples range from school vouchers to workplace safety committees to alternative dispute resolution procedures replacing courts. Consistent with this trend, in 1993 California permitted construction unions and employers to "carve out" their own workers'…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Data Analysis, Workers Compensation, Unions
Palfreyman, David – Education and the Law, 2004
Sir Martin Harris, ex-Vice Chancellor of Manchester and of Essex, is appointed as the first Director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). The Higher Education Act 2004 creates (s31) "the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education" and then requires (s24) higher education institutions (HEIs) to agree "approved plans" with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Tuition, Access to Education
Norris, Gill; Williams, Steve; Adam-Smith, Derek – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003
Two key issues thrown up by the 1999 introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the United Kingdom are its likely impact on employers' training practices in low paying sectors of the economy and the implications for skills. Based on a study of the hospitality industry, this article assesses the limited significance of the differential,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitality Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Minimum Wage
Sanchez, Heliodoro T., Jr. – Educational Forum, The, 2005
Many educational initiatives have been and continue to be based on a macro-social system understanding of communal roles, values, norms, interactions, perceptions, and realities. This practice neglects the unique impediments and social norms that exist within the myriad of micro-social systems in the United States. This work draws attention to the…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Urban Areas, Educational Improvement, Critical Theory
Gaona, JeanAnn – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2004
With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), redefined expectations and accountability appeared concerning education of students in the nation's schools. The focus of this article is to examine the ramifications of NCLB for students with special needs. In addition, given NCLB, the idea of inclusion--the practice of placing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Technical Education, Special Needs Students
McGrath, Simon; Martins, Johan; Smith, Jocelyn; Cachalia, Fahmida; Kane, Kevin – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
This article explores the state of skills development for smaller enterprises in South Africa through a consideration of two recent empirical studies of very small and micro enterprises (VSMEs--those with 2-10 employees). It provides new evidence about the complexity of the VSME sector and the mixed performance of state attempts to engage with it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Training, Small Businesses
Crump, Stephen; Stanley, Gordon – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
This article outlines the incorporation of vocational education and training (VET) courses into a senior secondary certificate of education, the New South Wales Higher School Certificate, in the largest state of Australia. VET courses were introduced in 2000 to broaden the offerings available in post-compulsory schooling and to cater better for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Curriculum Research
Jephcote, Martin; Abbott, Ian – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
The last 30 years have witnessed ongoing calls for the reform of post-14 education, to make it more responsive to the needs of employers and the economy, and overcome the academic-vocational divide. This article maps out recent proposals and changes in 14-19 education to remind us that they are rooted in a complex past, and while they might appear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship, Policy Analysis
Pamela Oberhuemer – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
Despite common moves in a number of countries to raise the quality and visibility of early childhood services (for example, through the introduction of curricular frameworks), both professionalisation policies and understandings of the professional role remain distinctly variegated across Europe and beyond. Whereas early childhood systems with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Collins, Carol – Learning and Skills Development Agency (NJ1), 2006
This is an overview and synthesis of the Learning and Skills Development Agency's (LSDA's) research and support activity that applies to 14-19 year olds. It pulls together various strands of activity within LSDA between 2000 and 2005 to provide a comprehensive picture of the publications relating to this age group. It is designed for use by…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Policy, Research Reports, Synthesis
Tornatzky, Louis G.; Macias, Elsa E.; Jenkins, Davis; Solis, Carlos – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2006
One of the generally accepted premises of current economic thinking is that a large and expanding proportion of growth is tied to what has come to be known as the "knowledge economy" or equivalently, the innovation sector. Despite recent U.S. Census Bureau data indicating that Latinos now constitute the largest minority group of the U.S.…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Policy Analysis, Information Technology, Hispanic Americans
Achieve, Inc., 2006
Indiana was selected to participate in a new initiative--"Moving Forward: High Standards and High Graduation Rates"--jointly sponsored by Achieve, Inc. and Jobs for the Future and funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This effort is designed to spotlight the importance of pursuing a dual agenda of high standards and high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Policy Analysis, Academic Standards
Kossek, Ellen Ernst; Leana, Carrie; MacDermid, Shelley; Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Raskin, Patricia; Secret, Mary; Shulkin, Sandee; Sweet, Stephen – Sloan Work and Family Research Network, 2006
Public policy affects the experiences of workers and their families, both directly and indirectly. For example, employment-focused statutes such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Employment Retirement and Income Security Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act establish frameworks for…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Labor Standards, Federal Legislation, Curriculum Guides
Furgeson, Joshua; Strauss, Robert P.; Vogt, William B. – Education Finance and Policy, 2006
The retirement behavior of Pennsylvania public school teachers in 1997-98 and 1998-99, a period when state early retirement incentives were temporarily increased, is modeled using a choice framework that emphasizes both pecuniary and nonpecuniary factors of the retirement decision under a defined benefit retirement plan. We find each to have large…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Teacher Retirement, Incentives, Public School Teachers