For a period of more than 25 years, this series of publications has provided an authoritative and reasonably comprehensive source of information about Federal activities in education. The present bulletin, Federal Funds for Education, 1958-59 and 1959-60, is the 15th in the series. It describes educational programs supported by the Federal Government and gives tabular summaries of the Federal funds provided. Compilations of amounts for the individual States in the 1958-59 and, if available, for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Finance, Federal Government, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Program...
In most countries of the world, higher education is highly subsidized by the public sector. The subsidy is a result of the role of higher education sector on the economy and good governance of the nations. Enrolment into higher institutions of learning is quite low in Africa compare to other continents of the world due to the continent's low and declining spending on her higher institutions of learning. This shabby contribution by the continent could be likened to a result of some imminent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Universities, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Federal...
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on Ghana's education reform initiatives in the light of contemporary socioeconomic constraints, and linguistic and diversity issues. The Ghanaian education system today faces inadequate financial resources (for education programs) combined with the continuous unprecedented demand for access, the legacy of colonialism, longstanding economic and social crises as challenges that present a particularly difficult reality for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Financial Support, Educational Finance,...
The document resulted from a 1965 conference at Ditchley Park, England, which convened to discuss the principles and policies of educational aid, especially in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. The conference was based on the idea that the relationship of Britain and the United States with developing countries is becoming increasingly important in education since developing countries must look, in part, to external aid in terms of money, teachers, overseas training places, textbooks and other...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Reports, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational...
The U.S. Government has recognized that literacy, education, and the availability of books are essential for the development of a nation's human and institutional resources. This policy stresses the importance of encouraging book publishing capability in developing countries, and this pamphlet is designed to stimulate the interest of both Americans and leaders in the developing countries by indicating how publishing can be strengthened. The pamphlet specifically guides: (1) officers of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Books, Developing Nations, Federal Government, Financial Support, Foreign Policy,...
This bimonthly bulletin reports annotations of current literature on science and public policy. Coverage includes both "policy for science" and "science for policy" in the areas of engineering, technical and narrowly specialized publications. Its purpose is to aid persons who study, formulate, or implement public policy related to science by alerting them to new additions to the science policy literature. Documents are listed under the headings of (1) General, (2) Science,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foreign Policy,...
This bimonthly bulletin reports annotations of current literature on science and public policy. Coverage includes both "policy for science" and "science for policy" in the areas of engineering, technical and narrowly specialized publications. Its purpose is to aid persons who study, formulate, or implement public policy related to science by alerting them to new additions to the science policy literature. Documents are listed under the headings of (1) General, (2) Science,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foreign Policy,...
This bimonthly bulletin reports annotations of current literature on science and public policy. Coverage includes both "policy for science" and "science for policy" in the areas of engineering, technical and narrowly specialized publications. Its purpose is to aid persons who study, formulate, or implement public policy related to science by alerting them to new additions to the science policy literature. Documents are listed under the headings of (1) General, (2) Science,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Foreign Policy,...
This report inventories the U.S. federal government's current expenditures of resources for international health and considers ways of better resource utilization and coordination. Presented in eight chapters, the report considers three major issues: (1) how governmental and multilateral development strategies could be reoriented to affect health, (2) how the international health assistance welfare image could be dispelled and its economic development aspects emphasized, and (3) how individuals...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Planning, Economic Development, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial...
This paper looks at the position taken in available literature and evaluation reports of multinational and bilateral agencies in regard to vocational education in developing countries. Section 1 provides background on such topics as links between education and development, support of vocational education, diversified secondary education, foreign aid, public institutions, and costs. Section 2 summarizes criticism that focused on the emphasis on financial support for formal public vocational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support, Foreign Countries,...
Over the past 8 years, the debate over U.S. policy in Central America has degenerated into an unproductive partisan clash that has obscured the issues and eliminated the possibility of a bipartisan consensus. Conference participants agreed that Central America, for historic, geographic, economic, and political reasons is of vital interest to the United States and that disengagement is not a viable option. U.S. credibility, in the region and at home, requires a clear set of priorities and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support, Foreign Countries,...
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