  Globular clusters (GCs) provide one way of determining when the most
important periods of star formation in dwarf elliptical (dE) galaxies occurred.
Thus, they are also useful for comparing the star formation histories of dwarf
and giant galaxies. We present results on the GC systems of 24 nearby dE
galaxies imaged with the Hubble Space Telescope. We find that the specific GC
frequency, S_N, increases with M_V. Also, S_N in dEs is more like the values
found in giant ellipticals rather than in spirals, and the mean S_N for
nucleated dEs is roughly a factor of 2 higher than for non-nucleated dEs. The
colors suggest that most of the GCs formed before the bulk of the stars in the
galaxies.
