Publicado en Clarisse Hardy, ed, Equidad y protección social - desafios de las políticas sociales en América Latina, Santiago: Editorial LOM, 2004, pp. 77-100. Traduccion al castellano de Marcela Gajardo
Topics: Chile, Brazil, access to education
This comprehensive guidebook will help educational planners during emergencies and reconstruction. The "Guidebook for Planning Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction" presents examples of the problems faced in emergencies, and suggests policy options and strategies that have been found useful in such situations. It is organized in six sections--two introductory sections and four thematic sections: (1) Basics; (2) General Overview; (3) Access and Inclusion; (4) Teachers and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Peace, Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Access to Education
These guidelines have been prepared to assist individuals and "teams" to produce EFA (Education for All) plans that are gender responsive. The guidelines aim to raise awareness about issues that need to be considered to produce plans leading to the achievement of gender equality in education. Further information and guidance regarding gender issues in education can be found in books and Web sites referred to at the back of these guidelines. For general planning issues, refer to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Guidelines,...
This document consists of the 12 monthly issues of this research newsletter for 2002. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform those who formulate, fund, and administer public policy and programs about research on the condition of and influences that affect postsecondary education opportunity for all Americans. Main topics for the issues are: (1) "The Rise and Fall of State Investment Effort in Higher Education, 1962 to 2002" (issue number 115); (2) "Earned Degrees Conferred by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Enrollment, Graduation Rate, Higher Education, State Programs,...
In summer 2002, a telephone survey was conducted to learn about Northern Illinois University (NIU) alumni who had been admitted through the CHANCE program at some point in its 34-year history. The completed survey included responses from more than 500 alumni representing students admitted from 1968 through 2001. The alumni were overwhelmingly positive in their answers. Nearly all said that the program offered an opportunity to go to college that they did not feel they had before. Respondents...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Alumni, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Telephone...
Broadband internet, defined as a download speed of 25mbps or higher, is a foundational resource for work, school, and life in North Carolina -- and even more so today, as families and educators engage in remote learning efforts in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Physical broadband infrastructure problems are a challenge for rural parts of the state. However, the barriers to securing broadband internet for households are not limited to certain geographic areas -- in fact, this is also...
Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Internet, Access to Education, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics,...
This paper reviews conditions that have lead to increased college and university course offerings using distance education. Concerns are identified in some recent studies, and comparative course completion data (distance education vs. face-to-face instruction) at two community colleges are presented. Measurement issues are discussed, including a proposal for measurement of key variables involved in studying method of delivery by institutional researchers. This paper asks some difficult...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Higher Education,...
This bibliography on the history of black colleges and universities includes approximately 500 references which were compiled and edited from three bibliographic databases--ERIC, PSYCH, SIRS--and Dissertation Abstracts and a manual library search. Entries are listed alphabetically by author. Publications were originally published from 1887 through 1992. (DB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Black Colleges, Blacks, Educational History, Educationally...
The 2001-2002 school year state budget in California contained a provision requesting the state's Postsecondary Education Commission to conduct a study of the higher education needs of Superior California, the northern most inland region of the state. This report provides the context for the study of the region's higher education needs and provides information on the Superior California region. It identifies current barriers that exist in providing postsecondary education opportunities in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Budgets, Educational Finance, Geographic Regions, Higher...
Djibouti is a lower middle-income country with a population of nearly one million. Despite considerable economic growth over the past 15 years, 30 percent of the population still lives in poverty. An influx of refugees from neighboring countries has created additional challenges for Djibouti's education system. With the support of the Global Partnership for Education, the Government of Djibouti will work to ensure that refugee students are included in its national education system. This brief...
Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Poverty, Refugees, Access to Education, Student Needs, Educational Quality,...
In a multicultural society such as Australia, it can be difficult to acquire a strong mathematics education because of language, locale, or other differences including access to technology. The widespread use of devices such as calculators and computers has changed the nature of work. It has become more important for students to have the confidence to use their mathematical knowledge and be able to apply mathematics throughout their lives. It is in the national interest that schools promote...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics...
This study explored the ways in which state and system financing policies can advance the use of distance learning technologies and the goals outlined in other reports by the Distance Learning Policy Laboratory more effectively. The subcommittee on finance that examined the issue approached the task by establishing a framework that considered: tuition, fees, and charges; funding methods; costs and resource management; and education as commerce. Four case studies were conducted to study...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Case Studies, Distance Education, Financial Policy, Governance,...
In the context of Goal 4, of the Illinois Commitment, increasing access to education and student diversity, the Committee of Access and Diversity of the Illinois Board of Higher Education conducted hearings, organized focus groups, and consulted with state and national experts to study access and diversity issues. At 5 hearings 90 individuals presented nearly 13 hours of testimony, and another 9 people submitted only written testimony. Three focus groups then explored student needs. Findings...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Bound Students, Diversity (Student), Educational...
The numerous conclusions and recommendations presented stem from a 1987-1988 study that addressed four questions about postsecondary education in nonmetropolitan Australia: (1) To what extent does the system monitor and respond to demographic and labor market changes?; (2) What progress has been made toward achieving cooperation and coordination between postsecondary sectors and institutions?; (3) What barriers exist to providing opportunities for persons in nonmetropolitan areas to gain...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Adult Education, Demography, Educational Policy, Foreign...
Evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that experiences from birth through age 5 are critical to children's development. Yet despite the long-term benefits of early childhood education (ECE), many children lack access to integrated, inclusive early learning experiences before kindergarten. Where children do have access to early learning, public investment in program quality is variable and insufficient. Early educators--the key to a successful program--are required to hold widely varying...
Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Equal Education, Inclusion,...
This report presents the legislative and budget priorities developed and adopted by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The Commission believes that the intertwining principles of Access, Affordability, and Accountability are fundamental to the future of both California postsecondary education institutions and the students they serve. The Commission urges the Governor and the legislature to develop strategies to maintain the California Master Plan for Higher Education's promise...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Accountability, Budgeting, College Planning, Higher Education,...
Media representations of massive open online courses (MOOCs) such as those offered by Coursera, edX and Udacity reflect tension and ambiguity in their bold promise of democratized education and global knowledge sharing. An approach to MOOCs that emphasizes the tacit epistemology of such representations suggests a richer account of the ambiguities of MOOCs, the unsettled linguistic and visual representations that reflect the strange lifeworld of global online courses and the pressing need for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Online Courses, Higher Education, Epistemology, Language Usage, Rhetoric, Access to...
This paper serves as a companion document to "Ensuring Affordability in Alberta's Advanced Education System". In viewing both funding to providers and funding to support learners through a broad lens, it is clear that neither can be considered in isolation; they are the primary levers to promote access, affordability and quality. This document provides a context for consideration of key issues related to the provision of funding to public providers of advanced education opportunities....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Adult Learning, Access to Education, Educational...
Housing plays a central role in the lives of families; it is the largest single cost for most families, and its location determines a parent's access to employment and a child's access to education. Lack of affordable housing is a principal cause of homelessness. A housing agency and school district that collaborate to offer affordable housing choices along with family services may reduce the frequency of family moves. This, in turn, allows children the opportunity to enjoy school...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Housing, School Districts, Homeless People, Public Agencies,...
The Nairn report, The Reign of ETS, asserts that Educational Testing Service (ETS) has attempted to suppress information on the relationship of test scores to students' family income, that the relationship of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores to income is inordinately high, and that the tests preserve the social status quo by denying opportunity to students from poor and working class families. In fact, the principal evidence reported by Nairn comes from a series of reports developed by ETS...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Family Income,...
The directory lists alphabetically-by-town campus libraries in Massachusetts which provide special facilities for handicapped individuals. Each library is listed with the following information: place; name (including address, phone number, and name of library); person to contact; services (such as special privileges to reserve materials or staff assistance to retrieve materials that are out of reach or inaccessible); materials and equipment (for instance captioned films, braille writers, or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Libraries, Directories, Handicapped Children, Library...
This report, comprised of key indicators and projections related to postsecondary attainment, is designed to help institutional, system, and state leaders advance a conversation about the need to increase college access and success for all students. The profiles included show that while states vary considerably in their current and expected performance in producing a college-educated population, all states must strengthen their postsecondary pipelines to be internationally competitive, meet...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Preparation, Educational Attainment, Social Mobility, Access to Education,...
This report describes Missouri's Blueprint for Higher Education and the strategies that will achieve the system's goals of access, quality, and efficiency. One goal is to ensure financial access to an affordable system of higher education, with universal access to the 13th and 14th years of education. Strategies include: (1) identifying student populations that do not have adequate financial access and suggesting alternative assistance programs; (2) increasing Missouri's participation in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Accountability, Educational Planning, Educational Quality,...
According to data from the Job Corps' Student Pay, Allotment and Management Information System (SPAMIS), approximately 54% of all individuals enrolled in the Job Corps program in 1993 received training in the state where they lived. The extent to which Job Corps participants were served in centers located within their state of residence varied widely by state, however. More than 80% of Job Corps participants residing in Hawaii, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, and Utah received training...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Enrollment, Federal Programs,...
While courses, technology, and student services are typically designed for the narrow range of characteristics of the average student, the practice of universal design in education (UDE) considers people with a broad range of characteristics in the design of all educational products and environments. "UDE" goes beyond accessible design for people with disabilities to make all aspects of the educational experience more inclusive for students, parents, staff, instructors,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Style, Disabilities, Educational Experience, Access to Education,...
This manual provides labor education advisors with basic information on adult learners, specifically members of a union, and barriers to lifelong learning. Definitions of adult learners and lifelong learning are first provided. A background section reports that the number of adults representing the rank and file union membership enrolled in lifelong learning courses and programs falls far behind the average for the general adult population. Barriers to education are listed, and characteristics...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Labor Education, Lifelong...
This report summarizes: (1) planned increases in in-state undergraduate tuition and mandatory educational and general (E&G) fees for the 2003-04 academic year (analyzing those increases as they relate to the tuition policy set forth by the 2003 General Assembly); (2) changes in tuition and fees in Virginia over the last 25 years; (3) cost sharing relationship between the state and in-state undergraduate students; and (4) trends in tuition increases nationally and peer comparisons. Findings...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Budgets, Expenditure per Student, Higher Education, State...
Contents include papers on access to higher education (Barbara B. Burn, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Lois Rice, William W. Turnbull, Burton R. Clark, Ernest L. Boyer, and John W. Nason); systems of higher education (Ernest L. Boyer, Alain Bienamye, Lyman A. Glenny, Torsten Husen, Hans Leussink, Edward F. Sheffield, Francis X. Sutton, and John W. Nason); youth, education, and employment (Clark Kerr, Henri Janne, Jan Szczepanski, Farhang Mehr, Stephen K. Bailey, and John W. Nason); and a report of a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Conference Reports, Females, Higher Education, Power Structure,...
This briefing book contains several documents prepared by the Montana University System for educators, policymakers, and other interested parties. The "Montana University System Fact Sheet" provides factual information about funding, costs, quality, and the productivity of the university system. The "Montana University System Message" describes the themes that are important for public understanding of the accomplishments and needs of the university system. An initiative,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Program...
Reviews the literature describing the development and outcomes of tuition-waiver programs for older adults in Canadian universities, reporting the results of the first Canadian national survey of tuition-waiver programs. Despite the widespread availability of tuition-waiver programs in Canada and the United States, such programs have failed to attract significant numbers of older learners and are likely to be widely rescinded or restricted in the near future. (SM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students,...
The Committee on Education and the Workforce of the U.S. House of Representatives met to hear testimony on the state of U.S. higher education and what taxpayers, parents, and students are receiving for their money. The hearing was held in the context of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Opening statements by Representative John Boehner, Committee Chairman, and Representative Dale Kildee set the stage for the testimony of these witnesses: (1) Charles Miller, Chairman, University...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Accountability, Educational Quality, Hearings, Higher Education,...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, provides an unprecedented opportunity for states to use this significant infusion of one-time federal funds to protect access and quality while improving cost effectiveness and increasing degree productivity. While ARRA contains strong directives to promote improvements in K-12 education, no similar direction is given regarding funds for higher education. States and institutions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Cost Effectiveness, Academic Degrees,...
Critics of the community college are justified in challenging unsubstantiated statements about the institution by college spokespersons or in public relations releases disguised as institutional analyses. During the 1960's, for example, increasing enrollments were often cited as evidence of public support for community colleges--without reference to the social and demographic factors that caused the enrollment boom. Similarly, claims that community colleges do a better job of teaching than...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Social...
Each year about 13,000 military personnel leave the service and select Washington state as their home, bringing with them a wealth of experience and a wide range of skills. Washington ranks among the top five most popular states for military personnel separating from the service. Washington's 34 community and technical colleges are a perfect fit for returning veterans who are transitioning to civilian life and private-sector jobs. Two-year colleges offer small class sizes, flexible hours,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Veterans Education, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Access to Education,...
In 2000, the University System of Georgia (USG) verified that USG institutions enrolled a low percentage of African American males in comparison with the percentage of African American males in the state's population. In 2001, the USG developed a special funding initiative to conduct a study of barriers to the participation of African American males in the USG. This report is the end product of the effort, which had four key elements: (1) forming a task force divided into six study teams that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Blacks, College Preparation, Educational Attainment, Enrollment,...
Education, as a human right, is the acknowledgement of the individual's rights rather than his or her role in the capitalist goals of the economic growth; the human right to education is the way through which one can conquer freedom and become a genuine individuated being, self-aware and yet deeply and truly connected to others. A rights-based approach to education requires respect for the human rights of all individuals involved in the learning process; it offers education as an entitlement,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Freedom, Economic Progress, Civil Rights, Access to Education, Empowerment, Futures...
This report compiles data submitted by state educational agencies in accordance with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. States are required to provide an estimate of: total number of homeless children and youth by grade level, number of homeless children and youth enrolled in public school by grade level, number of homeless children and youth regularly attending school by grade level, and primary nighttime residence of homeless children and youth. The greatest numbers of homeless...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education,...
Pre-K has been shown to strongly boost children's learning trajectories. This is as true, or even truer, for children of immigrants and English language learners (ELLs) as for children overall. Children of immigrants, who make up about a quarter of children in the United States, have significantly lower rates of pre-K enrollment, on average, than children with US-born parents. Issues such as a lack of awareness about programs, language barriers, logistical barriers to enrollment, and lack of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Immigrants, Access to Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, English...
In this essay we use the framework of ideas, interests, and institutions (Heclo, 1994) to analyze the opportunities and challenges that confront Latino families and Catholic schools as they work to increase Latino enrollment. There are many ideas as to what to do to increase Latino enrollment. It is also apparent that it is in the interests of both Latino families and Catholic schools to have greater Latino enrollment. Despite the challenges of putting these ideas and interests into practice...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Catholic Schools, Hispanic American Students, Access to Education, Enrollment,...
This report seeks to lay the foundation for future research in Georgia on educational outcomes for African American males, particularly as related to access to the University System of Georgia. After a review of general barriers to college enrollment and completion for African American males, the report outlines baseline data about the participation of African American males in higher education in Georgia. This information should help set the agenda for next steps to take in research at the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Blacks, College Preparation, Educational Attainment, Enrollment,...
This article, from "Achieving Diversity: Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Traditionally Underrepresented Students," which in its entirety, won the 1993 Muir Award, discusses the difficult issues of: (a) enhancing higher educational access for populations which have been historically underserved ("egalitarianism"), and (b) insuring that graduates are academically and vocationally competent to serve as leaders in our nation's economic and societal arenas...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Minority Groups, Equal Education, Values, Higher Education, Community Colleges,...
Given a reasonable resolve to learn from the best that the Bologna Process has to offer, the author contends that one might also respond to the challenge it offers by standing up for the singular strengths of U.S. higher education: (1) long-standing commitment to broad access; (2) embrace of diversity as an educational good; and, most notably, (3) distinctive commitment to providing "tertiary level" students with a liberal education. More effectively developed and articulated, this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, General Education, Postsecondary Education, Access to Education,...
The California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) has collected and provided information about education ? particularly higher education--in California since 1976. As a "one-stop-shop" for information about education beyond high school, the CPEC Information Collection and Dissemination Program is well known for its commitment to data quality, responsiveness to users, and the consistency and structure of the data. The increased demand for timely, accurate, and accessible data to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Information Dissemination, Access to Education, High Schools, Higher Education,...
A study examined the barriers encountered by returning adult students and the potential change of those barriers over time. The 43 students constituting the survey population were enrolled in the graduate programs of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students had to be at least 25 years old and have been out of school for at least 3 years to be considered a returning student. The students were interviewed twice,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Postsecondary Education,...
Until women are fully represented at the leadership level of public, professional, and economic life, they cannot enjoy full and equal rights. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will continue the task of assisting the educational path of girls as the first and most important step in this direction. Helping to give women and girls access to education, knowledge and skills, employment and decent living conditions is one component of UNESCO's action in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Developing Nations, Economics, Equal Education, Females, Foreign...
This paper was prompted by our interest in two issues associated with Australia's vocational education and training system: recurring declarations for universal access to vocational education and training (albeit in different forms across different epochs) as the right of all Australians and the continual processes of change associated with the sector over the last two decades. As we approach a time of yet more change in vocational education and training, we call for a rethinking of these two...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Access to Education, Educational Change,...
This document articulates the guiding principles of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) for the creation, adoption, and implementation of higher education policy. The policy positions of the AASCU are founded on a commitment to supporting and advancing the best interests of students. Among the ideals on which the AASCU public policy agenda is based is the belief that higher education is a common good, the burden of which should be borne in an equitable manner by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Agenda Setting, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Higher...
This document highlights the policy and advocacy positions that the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) will assume in upcoming legislative and regulatory processes. Member institutions will find these policies predictive of advocacy efforts on their behalf; policymakers will find positions predicated on the needs of students. Among the premises on which the agenda is based is that higher education is a common good that serves the interests of society and provides...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Agenda Setting, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Higher...
As many as 41 million Americans live in "higher education deserts" -- at least half an hour's drive from the nearest college or university and with limited access to community college. Many of these deserts are in rural America, which is one reason so much of rural America is less prosperous than it deserves to be. The lack of higher education access means fewer opportunities for going back to school or improving skills. Congress should work to eradicate higher education deserts. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, ERIC, Kim, Anne, Access to Education, Higher Education, Rural Areas, Educational...
After disasters, displaced families long to return to a sense of normalcy. As such, reconnecting children and youth to school is especially important during this time. By providing the structure of the educational setting, schools can help children and youth overcome the trauma of a disaster and regain their academic and social stability. Once children and youth are in school safely, parents have the peace of mind and freedom to focus on other post-disaster details to help their families...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Natural Disasters, Coping, Access to Education, Homeless People, Federal Legislation,...
