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International and Comparative Education

Selected Works

Selected Works

1997

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“No Place Like Home: The Founding Of Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey”, Sora Friedman Dec 1996

“No Place Like Home: The Founding Of Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey”, Sora Friedman

Sora Friedman

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Haitian Education Under Siege: Democratization, National Development, And Social Reconstruction, Marc Prou Dec 1996

Haitian Education Under Siege: Democratization, National Development, And Social Reconstruction, Marc Prou

Marc E. Prou

From a national development perspective,the Haitian educational system presents an alarming picture. It is one in which too much is expected of too little, and in which results are sacrificed to bureacratic convenience. The facts are simple and irrefutable. Only a massive investment in human capital formation will bring economic and social progress in Haiti. Yet economic growth and industrial expansion rely on education as a key factor for human capital formation. The major dichotomy between the two is that education can influence national development only to the extent that individuals are able to put the interests of the nation …