Descriptor
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Bar Examinations | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedEmpter, Stefan – Higher Education Management, 1991
Discussion at a 1990 symposium on democratic values and higher education administration is summarized. Issues addressed include productive competition in higher education, open access vs. competitive selection, assessment of teacher performance and instructional quality, and the relationship between higher education institutions and national…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Capitalism, College Administration, Competition
Direct linkDemaine, Jack – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2006
This paper is concerned with the longstanding question of policy for those referred to nearly half a century ago by the Crowther Report as the "bottom half"; those mainly working class children who, in a sense, are "selected for failure". The issue of selection is a matter of concern in countries around the world and has been…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, At Risk Students
Brown, Susan E.; Vasquez, Hector G. – 1982
Eight papers on models for minority access to the legal profession cover outstanding programs which facilitate access to and success in higher education, concentrating on recruitment, retention, and bar passage. Susan Brown's introduction presents statistics on yearly minority enrollment in legal studies through 1981 and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, American Indians
