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ERIC Number: EJ567878
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
The Cult of Efficiency in Education: Comparative Reflections on the Reality and the Rhetoric.
Welch, Anthony R.
Comparative Education, v34 n2 p157-75 Jun 1998
Argues that the rising tide of "efficiency" in contemporary education often masks reductions in educational quality and equity and efforts to reduce public investments in education. Analyzes historical and comparative examples in U.S., U.K., and Australian reform movements; the methodology of comparative education; and ongoing reforms in U.K. and Australian higher education. Contains 77 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Environment, Comparative Education, Criticism, Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Retrenchment
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Reform Efforts; United Kingdom; United States
Note: Theme issue: Special Number (20), "Comparative Perspectives in Education Policy."