Noah, Harold J.

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NOAH, Harold J.

NOAH, Harold J. American (born England), b. 1925. Genres: Economics, Education. Career: Gardner Cowles Professor Emeritus of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, 1969- (Instructor in Comparative Education, 1962-64; Assistant Professor of Economics and Education, 1964-66; Associate Professor, 1966-69; Associate Chairman, 1967-71, and Acting Chairman, 1971-72, Dept. of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Dean, 1976-81). Ed., Comparative Educational Review, 1966-71, and Soviet Education, 1970-79. Publications: Financing Soviet Schools, 1967; (trans. and ed.) The Economics of Education in the U.S. S. R., 1969; (with M.A. Eckstein) Toward a Science of Comparative Education, 1969; (with Eckstein) Scientific Investigations in Comparative Education, 1969; Reviews of National Policies for Education: Germany, 1972, and Canada, 1976; (with Eckstein and others) The National Case Study: An Empirical Comparative Study of Twenty-One Educational Systems, 1976; Educational Financing and Policy Goals for Primary Schools: General Report, 1979; Secondary School Examinations: International Perspectives on Policies and Practice, 1993; Doing Comparative Education: Three Decades of Collaboration, 1998; Fraud in Education: The Worm in the Apple, 2001. Address: Box 169, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]