Emergent issues in education : comparative perspectives / Robert F. Arnove, Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly, editors.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-351) index.

Debates and trends in comparative education / Gail P. Kelly -- Compulsory schooling in the Western cultural context / John Boli and Francisco O. Ramirez -- Patterns in higher education development : toward the year 2000 / Philip G. Altbach -- Donor agencies and Third World educational development, 1945-1985 / Edward H. Berman -- Modernization without Westernization : assessing the Chinese educational experience / Ruth Hayhoe -- The neo-conservative paradigm : recent changes in Eastern Europe / Tamas Kozma -- Conceputalizing education and the drive for social equality / Joseph P. Farrell -- Conceptualizing the role of education in the economy / Peter Easton and Steven Klees -- Education and the state : from Adam Smith to perestroika / Martin Carnoy -- Reforming educational governance : centralization/decentralization / Noel F. McGinn.

Public and private sectors in education in India / Jandhyala B.G. Tilak -- Comparing national systems of secondary school leaving examinations / Harold J. Noah and Max A. Eckstein -- A cross-national study of teachers / Harry Judge -- Education reform in Britain and the United States / Miriam David -- Effective schools in comparative focus / Henry M. Levin -- Policy impact of IEA research / Torsten Husén -- Education, women, and change / Gail P. Kelly -- National literacy campaigns in historical and comparative perspective : legacies, lessons, and issues / Robert F. Arnove and Harvey J. Graff.

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