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New Reflections on an Old Crisis: A Case Study from the 1980s.

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Fordham, Paul – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1997

A review of the 1983 attempt to close the Department of Adult Education at the University of Southampton illuminates the debates over the nature of adult education, the end of political consensus about educational policy, and the demise of the "Great Tradition" of university liberal education in the process of mainstreaming extramural…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Departments, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Oregonians Debate Whether to Use Tax Funds to Bolster the State Universities' Flagging Sports Programs.

Lederman, Douglas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988

Rising program deficits and lack of state aid for college sports programs in Oregon have caused the suspension of sports teams as a cost-cutting measure. Some trace the financial problems to equalization of women's sports and the 1982 downturn in the lumber industry. Financing options appear limited. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Athletics, Competition, Financial Support, Higher Education