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Educational leaves for employees: European experience for American consideration. A report for the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education

Educational leave policies--paid time-off from work for educational purposes--in France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden are compared and extensively analyzed, and also, to a lesser degree, the policies in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. These analyses, intended to be relevant to the American scene in relation to lifelong learning, point to the development of paid educational leave programs in Western Europe as being in the nature of a next step in the evolution of postwar labor market and social policy and not primarily as an educational venture. Emphasis is on the effects of leave policies, rather than on a discussion of their provisions. Answers are provided to questions such as Who participates in leaves? How are they financed? Is training predominantly vocational? To what extent are trade unions involved? How do leaves relate to labor market needs? And What problems remain unresolved? It is noted that one of the most important conclusions--and the one most relevant to the American scene is that, in the absence of strong trade union pressure, paid educational leave programs would not have been adopted in Western Europe. Major chapter headings follow: What Is Educational Leave?; The European Debate on Educational Leave; France; Germany; Sweden; Italy; Austria; Belgium; the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom; and Problems in Educationl Leave Policies. (Sw).

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