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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Noonan, Peter; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
Debates on skill shortages and the aging of the population have markedly increased the attention given to Vocational Education and Training (VET) and to Technical and Further Education (TAFE). New roles for VET include new products, pedagogy and partnerships with industry, all with implications for staff development. TAFE has particular…
Descriptors: Employment, Indigenous Populations, Adult Education, Vocational Education
Ferrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This paper reports on a Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) project that explored policies, programs and other initiatives by Australia's states and territories to support innovation, and to build vocational education and training (VET) capability to respond to its effects on skill needs. The project was undertaken in late…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Industry, Economics, Foreign Countries
Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
Migration patterns to and from Australia are becoming complex with migration programmes increasingly targeted towards meeting the needs of the labour market and regional development. This paper provides an analysis of the permanent and temporary movements of people to and from Australia in the last three years and their impact on the skilled…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Migration Patterns
Selby Smith, C. – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
As part of a charge to assist the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) to co-ordinate the development of relevant User Choice resourcing arrangements, CEET documented existing User Choice resourcing arrangements in each jurisdiction as of March 31, 2004. Emails were sent to each jurisdiction asking them to provide information on the User…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Unions, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Selby Smith, C. – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2005
This Working Paper contains three sections: the background to existing User Choice resourcing principles and their interrelationships as of March 2004; analysis of the existing arrangements, including their consistency with each other and with the User Choice principles agreed by Ministers; and concluding comments. The author found a considerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Resource Allocation, Educational Resources
Noonan, Peter; Burke, Gerald; White, Paul – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
This paper is concerned with the strategies being adopted for vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and the lessons that could be learned for them from policies in other countries. Six issues are considered in the paper, each relates to or more of the objectives and particular strategies in the Australia's National Strategy for…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Vocational Education
Selby Smith, Chris; Ferrier, Fran – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
This project, conducted by the Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) during 2003, set out to investigate the relationship between innovation and the provision of appropriate education and training in regional Australia. The project was designed as a pilot study with two main purposes: (1) To test whether and how the issues…
Descriptors: Industry, Economics, Innovation, Education Work Relationship
Shah, Chandra; Long, Michael – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
The labour market is one the most significant markets in modern economies. Today labour embodies increasing amounts of human capital in the form of skills, talents and knowledge. Migration of workers between regions and countries can contribute to efficiency. People are moving from areas in which they are underemployed or unemployed to areas in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Labor Market, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
This paper provides an analysis of revenue for and expenditure on Australian education institutions. It includes a review of funding from public and private sources and from overseas. Analyses are made for education as a whole and for the major sectors: schools, vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. Estimates are considered…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Higher Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
Burke, Gerald; White, Paul – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
The purpose of this project was to review the use of price measures in education and training and to consider the types of measures that could be applied. There are several contexts in which price measures are needed and the context will affect the type of measure of price change that is needed. Section 1 of the report discusses budget estimates…
Descriptors: Wages, Vocational Education, Cost Indexes, Evaluation Methods
Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
In the higher education sector most students enrol in a course with the intention of obtaining a qualification. In the vocational education and training (VET) sector many students tend to complete only some units of competencies or modules of a course. This study analysed the progress until 2000 of students who commenced a TAFE course in 1997, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Vocational Education
Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
Despite wide publicity and common usage, the concept of skills shortage has different meaning to different people depending on their perspective. Understanding the different concepts of skills shortages, their measurement and the causes of skill shortages is important if sound policies are to be developed in the areas of employment, education,…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Resource Allocation, Definitions, Measurement