The broad mandate of the University of the South Pacific, the only regional university of the Pacific Islands, is complicated by great distances and geographic diversity and fragmentation. Finance, academic development, administrative structure, staffing, aid dependency, autonomy, and regional cooperation are discussed. (MSE)

Three factors have contributed to government's increasing involvement in the content of university study programs: the "massification" of higher education, the theory of human capital and its application to economic policy, and the crisis of public financing and the welfare state. Instruments used to influence academic planning are…

Educational policy should not be geared to short-term changes in economic development, but must take long-range perspectives. In Austria, although efforts have been made to improve curriculum development to meet social and economic change, greater communication between higher education and the trades and professions is needed. (MSE)

A forthcoming study by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is described that will examine the costs of implementing federal regulations, including academic and overall costs. Their current and potential impact on American higher education will be addressed. The study will be comprised of three phases: (1) a…

Leaders from government and the higher education community provide a philosophical but pragmatic discussion of such topics as curriculum, admissions, research funding, and financial support. Compiled from papers presented at the 61st annual meeting of the American Council on Education, this volume offers the viewpoints of 22 institutional…