Education Publications
Issue 22: Coffee and Community: Combining Agribusiness and Health in Rwanda
Jul 12, 2011Author Irene Kitzantides describes the SPREAD Project's integration of agribusiness development with community health care and education, including family planning, in Rwanda. more
229. Educational Reform in the First Decade of Slovenian Political Pluralism
Jul 07, 2011February 2001- Since 1990, the Slovenian educational system has been undergoing continuous reform, stimulated by three major social incentives: introduction of political pluralism and market economy (1990); Slovenia's independence (1991); and, Slovenia's preparation for membership in the European Union (2003/04). To prepare and implement the reform, the Parliament and the Ministry of Education and Sport established a large and complex administrative apparatus with several permanent institutions and temporary commissions. more
170. New Trends In East European Higher Education
Jul 07, 2011November 1998 - Structural reform of higher education in Eastern and Central Europe since 1989 has been driven by the conviction that the university and academic research institutions inherited from the Soviet system are both economically inefficient and out of touch with society's needs. Leszek Balcerowicz, Poland's finance minister, expressed this view in a 1994 lecture, proposing the market as both the instrument of change and the standard by which innovation ought to be judged. He advocated an educational and research system in which informed decisions, translated into demand (with actors paying for goods), result in a self-regulating mechanism that sustains consistent growth and development. In education and research, this means that "demand" by students and beneficiaries of research freely seeks optimal sources of "supply" (educational and research institutions, whose continued survival depends on success in attracting and satisfying demand). Balcerowicz excluded fundamental research from his considerations, noting that, because its producers and consumers are the same, it cannot be analyzed in market categories. more
138. Persistent Problems of Transition: Higher Education Reform In Hungary
Jul 07, 2011June 1997 - Transition in the Hungarian higher education system, begun with high hopes about ten years ago, has proven to be slow and difficult. Erno Zalai , professor and chair of mathematical economics and econometrics at the University of Economic Sciences in Budapest, Hungary, and a Wilson Center Guest Scholar, acknowledged that he and his colleagues greatly underestimated the magnitude of the political, economic, and cultural gap between East-Central Europe and Western Europe. more
Hong Kong Conference Report: Sections 2-4 (English)
Jul 07, 2011Includes sections on NGO networking and partnering; environmental education methods; and building the capacity of green NGOs. more
Repensando la Argentina: Antes de diciembre de 2001 y más allá de mayo de 2003 - #7
Jul 07, 2011On April 3, 2003, the Argentina Project together with two Argentine scholars at the Woodrow Wilson Center organized a meeting to discuss the current situation in Argentina. The idea of the seminar was to evaluate the country's situation, not only considering the economic and political chaos surrounding Fernando de la Rua's resignation in December 2001; and to present alternative avenues to reconstruct Argentine economy and society. The participants discussed economic policies, Argentina's position in world affairs, Argentine democracy and political parties, culture, education, human rights and civil society. The open discussion led to this publication, which is an edited version of the conversation that took place at the Wilson Center. To download a .pdf of this publication, see the Argentina @ the Wilson Center publications page. more
Middle Eastern Women on the Move
Jul 07, 2011Click to see the table of contents, or download the full PDF below. more
From the Classroom to Washington: Einsteins on Education Reform
Sep 07, 2010On June 28-29, 2010, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted the 20th Anniversary Summit of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program. The fellows offer a unique perspective on U.S. schools and educational policy making; they have been chosen by the Department of Energy to spend a fellowship year, or two, in congressional or executive offices based on their excellence in teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects in K-12 schools. This report highlights the outcomes of the summit and focuses on key issues in STEM education. more
