State Education Finance and Governance Profile: South Carolina

As more state legislatures join the debate on school-choice and parent-trigger legislation, their discussions draw attention to an evolving landscape outside school walls where parental action shapes educational opportunity. Parents wield their political, social, economic, and cultural capital to secure the best educational outcomes for their children. This paper identifies the political frames that distinguish the educational opportunity-seeking behavior of middle-, working-, and lower-class parents. Rational choice and interest group theories are used to explain the politics of middle-class opportunity hoarding by way of tracking and school-choice practices. Policy entrepreneurship and interest group theory provide the frameworks to explain the support for vouchers and parent-trigger laws by lower- and working-class parents as part of their opportunity-prying efforts.     

State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Mississippi

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HISTORY, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC POLICY edited by Donald R. Warren. Berkeley, California: McCutchan Publishing Corp., 1978. 318 pp. $13.50.

RESEARCH CENTERS DIRECTORY, Sixth Edition. Edited by Archie M. Palmer. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1979. xii + 1,121 pp. $85.00     

State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Delaware

McDougall, William. Outline of Psychology. New York: Scribners, 1923. Pp. xii + 456.

Josey, C. C. The Social Philosophy of Instinct. New York: Scribners, 1922. Pp. 274.

Phillips, Claude A. Modern Methods and the Elementary Curriculum. New York: Century Company, 1923.

Bradbuky, Robert H. A First Book in Chemistry. New York: Appleton, 1922.     

State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Louisiana

Since the separate-but-equal era, students attending schools with high concentrations of Black students have attempted to improve the quality of their educations through school finance litigation. Because of the negative effects of racial isolation, Black students might consider mounting school finance litigation to force states to explicitly address the problems experienced by school districts with high concentrations of Black students (Green, Baker, &; Oluwole, 2008). This article assesses the role of the courts in remedying the disparities experienced by high-concentration Black school districts through school finance litigation. The first section provides a brief overview of prior attempts to challenge racial funding disparities in the federal courts. The second section discusses the importance of considering race in future school finance litigation. The third section assesses whether plaintiffs from high-concentration Black school districts can obtain equal educational opportunity through state courts.     

State Education Finance and Governance Profile: Maryland

The preceding articles in this issue of the Peabody Journal of Education have focused on preparation for and entry into professional positions in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). This article shifts the focus from professional positions to STEMM support occupations, focusing on the preparation necessary for entrance into this alternate STEMM field. As a group, STEMM support occupations feature shorter periods of formal training for entry, lower requirements for advanced study, and more flexibility in regard to the timing and entry into the workforce. Many of the young adults who eventually entered a STEMM support occupation did not make that decision until later along the educational pathway than did students who became STEMM professionals. Beyond the general features of the support occupations, an initial analysis also points to important differences between support occupations related to medicine and support occupations related to other areas of science and technology.     

美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学创客教育及启示

美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学创客教育作为国家创客运动的一部分,从创客空间的环境设施、服务理念、服务政策及组织领导四方面为全州居民、教师、学生带来人性化的生成性学习环境.其创客教育主要通过平台搭建、文化辐射、研讨学习、课程整合、展览分享、主题交流六个方面实施.我国创客教育应从形成创客生态、营造创客文化、塑造创客素养、设计创客课程、举办创客活动五方面着手.     

关注能力培养的成人教育学专业研究生课程设置——以北卡罗莱纳州立大学为例

本文主要介绍、分析了美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学成人教育学专业研究生课程设置特点,并结合我国成人教育学专业研究生课程设置情况作简要评述。     

“技术创业商业化规程”:美国北卡州立大学创业教育新模式

为使创业教育所培养的学生能够在未来创业过程中顺利跨越基础研发活动与产品开发之间存在的"死亡之谷",美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学在"社会认知理论"和"计划行为理论"的基础上建立起一套基于过程的创业人才培养新模式——"技术创业商业化规程"。实践证明,通过构思、评估、分析、商业化策略和实施5个阶段的运作流程设计,有助于全面提升学生的创业技能与创业心理成熟度,为跨越创业过程中的"死亡之谷"做准备。"技术创业商业化规程"所取得的经验,对我国大学创业教育的发展具有重要借鉴意义。     

北卡罗来纳州立大学博士生培养质量保障体系探析与启示

博士生培养是人才培养的最高层次,博士生培养质量直接影响着我国创新型国家建设和人才强国战略的实施。美国北卡罗来纳州立大学将高品质的研究生教育发展作为该校研究生院的使命,建立起相应的博士生质量保障体系,主要表现在以下几点：以人才培养为核心,建立学术管理体系;以博士生发展为诉求,打造多方支撑体系;以质量保障为宗旨,强化培养过程管理制度。北卡罗来纳州立大学博士生教育与质量保障有很多成功经验值得学习和借鉴。当前我国高校的博士生培养要全方位支撑博士生学术发展,强化博士生培养过程质量监督,规范博士生管理制度与流程,坚持以生为本的培养理念。     

大学治理:责任与财政

大学的演变主要体现在大学的结构、治理、管理系统、拨款机制方面以及知识、形式与内容的多样化。大学在公众参与和权威主义方面已经从一个极端走向了另一个极端。大学的未来取决于社会的引导和内部的共生。高等教育已经从以学习者为中心转向以教学和管理人员的共生结构为中心,高等教育经费需要多样化的渠道。大学的持续变革对于学校内部机制的公平、效力、效率、相关性,以及学生、教授、研究者和管理者等大学成员的道德规范提出了要求。