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Download full textLee, Yi-Fang, Ed.; Lee, Lung-Sheng, Ed. – Online Submission, 2022
The quantity and quality of talented individuals in STEM (science/S, technology/T, engineering/E and mathematics/M) fields contribute to a nation's overall competitiveness. Taiwan and many countries around the world are vigorously promoting the training of STEM professionals and the enhancement of STEM literacy for all as one of the key education…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Competition, Reputation, Cross Cultural Studies
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Direct linkBaumann, Chris; Hamin – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2011
A nation's culture, competitiveness and economic performance explain academic performance. Partial Least Squares (PLS) testing of 2252 students shows culture affects competitiveness and academic performance. Culture and economic performance each explain 32%; competitiveness 36%. The model predicts academic performance when culture, competitiveness…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Role of Education, Economic Development, College Students
Earle, Alison; Mokomane, Zitha; Heymann, Jody – Future of Children, 2011
The United States does not guarantee families a wide range of supportive workplace policies such as paid maternity and paternity leave or paid leave to care for sick children. Proposals to provide such benefits are invariably met with the complaint that the costs would reduce employment and undermine the international competitiveness of American…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, Public Policy, Foreign Countries, Leaves of Absence
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "The High Cost of High School Dropouts": New Alliance Brief Says Dropouts from the Class of 2009 Represent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Education Work Relationship, Dropouts
Cullen, R. B. – 1997
Although education and training should be a source of relative advantage for Australia, the competitive benefits expected from the nation's "clever country" strategy have been slow to emerge. When 22 countries including Australia, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, United States, and New Zealand were compared from the standpoint of…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
Murgai, Sarla R. – 1999
This study compared the managerial motivations of library and information science (LIS) students in the United States with LIS students in India, Singapore, and Japan. The students responded to a questionnaire containing 41 statements on managerial motivation. These statements were divided into 10 categories: task orientation, fear of success,…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries
Ingersoll, Richard M. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2007
Across the educational systems of the world, few issues receive more attention than the problem of ensuring that elementary- and secondary-school classrooms are staffed with adequately qualified teachers. Even in nations where students routinely score high on international exams, the issue of teacher quality is the subject of concern. It is widely…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness
Ingersoll, Richard M., Ed. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2007
Across the educational systems of the world, few issues receive more attention than the problem of ensuring that elementary- and secondary-school classrooms are staffed with adequately qualified teachers. Even in nations where students routinely score high on international exams, the issue of teacher quality is the subject of concern. It is widely…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Effectiveness
