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Seabury, Paul, Ed. – 1979
The exploration of the growth and cost benefit effectiveness of governmental regulation of higher education is examined in this book. An introductory article by Robert Hatfield examines university regulation from a businessman's perspective. Hatfield concludes that business and higher education must work together to curb the stream of regulation.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bureaucracy, Business, Cost Effectiveness
Pole, Christopher J., Ed.; Chawla-Duggan, Rita, Ed. – 1996
The 1988 Education Reform Act precipitated major educational change in the United Kingdom. This book is a compilation of papers originally presented at the 1994 Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) conference at the University of Warwick (England). The papers focus on changes that have occurred and are occurring in the…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Economics, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
Download full textMingle, James R., Ed. – 1983
Findings of a Southern Regional Education Board study of management flexibility and state regulation in higher education are discussed in five chapters. James R. Mingle in "Management Flexibility and State Regulation: An Overview" outlines the scope of the study, which focused on administrators' and board members' views on management…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, College Administration, Educational Finance
Watson, Hugh – 1985
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to educational administration. The introductory essay in the volume is an argument for the democratization of education by establishing a case for changing schools: by discussing industrial democracy as a…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Jones, Glen A., Ed. – 1998
This publication is part of a series that reprints articles on a range of thematic issues published in the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education." This collection focuses on the relationship between the Canadian university and the state. After a preface and an introduction, an introductory monograph, "University-Government Relations…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Financial Support
Mauch, James E., Ed.; Sabloff, Paula L. W., Ed. – 1995
This collection of nine articles presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The articles are: (1) "University-State Relations in Britain: Paradigm of Autonomy" (Peter Scott); (2) "Changing Conceptions of State-University…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
John Daniel; And Others – 1993
The ten essays in this book examine issues related to academic freedom and university autonomy. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction, providing an overview of the situation in universities worldwide, including national and international initiatives to promote academic freedom. It also discusses the role of the World University Service in this…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Civil Liberties, College Environment
Leitner, Erich, Ed. – 1998
The conference papers examine higher education reforms in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from several research perspectives: political, economic, pedagogical, and sociological. Papers are organized in three sections: Higher Education Policies and Institutional Change; Central European Higher Education in Transition; and Higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 1991
This collection of 12 essays addresses three themes related to the future of higher education: access, governance, and quality. The contributors represent teaching, research and management, universities, polytechnics, and colleges. The collected essays and their authors are as follows: "Reassessing the Future" (Tom Schuller);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, College Administration, Colleges
Cahn, Steven M., Ed. – 1990
This book presents 14 essays from American philosophers who critically investigate the moral issues generated by academic life. Topics addressed include free speech on campus, justifications for tenure, faculty appointment and evaluation procedures, the differing demands of research and teaching, sexual harassment, parietal rules,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Collegiality, Ethics, Faculty Development
Radford, John; Raaheim, Kjell; de Vries, Peter; Williams, Ruth – 1997
This book explores some of the underlying issues related to the changes taking place in British higher education. Individual chapters focus on the development of higher education in Britain, the various purposes it serves, how to assess it, and how to improve delivery. Part 1 addresses the dilemmas of mass higher education, and traces the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Change, Change Strategies
Whitty, Geoff; Seddon, Terri – 1994
This publication contains two papers on the implications of school decentralization for teacher education, student achievement, and democracy. The first paper, "Devolution in Education Systems: Implications for Teacher Professional Development and Pupil Performance" (Geoff Whitty), explores the way education reform movements for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Decentralization, Democracy
Morsy, Zaghloul, Ed.; Altbach, Philip G. – 1993
This book presents a collection of essays dealing with key issues and trends facing the future of higher education on the international level as the world moves into the 21st century. Essays and their authors are as follows: "The Idea of the University: Changing Roles, Current Crisis and Future Challenges" (Torsten Husen); "Patterns…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Robbins, Cornelius V., Ed. – 1999
This document is a three-part compendium of learning resources on community colleges affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY). It begins with an introduction providing background information on the SUNY community colleges, then provides a collection of articles and reference materials concerning the colleges. Titles include:…
Descriptors: Accountability, Articulation (Education), Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
Altbach, Philip G., Ed.; Berdahl, Robert O., Ed. – 1988
The effects and implications of the changing relationship between external societal influences and academic institutions are explored in 16 essays by experts in the field. Titles and authors are as follows: "The University and the State: A Historical Overview" (E. D. Duryea); "Autonomy and Accountability: Some Fundamental…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, College Curriculum, College Students
