The rationale for graduate consortia, the constraints on cooperation, and guidelines for designing and managing an interuniversity consortium are examined. The experiences of five New York city doctorate-granting universities when they launched a project to test the feasibility of doctoral cooperation in arts and sciences are described.…

This Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) study was conducted in two phases. Phase I describes selected aspects of primary school finance arrangements in ten countries; Phase II examines the relationship between financial instruments and selected educational policy. Strengths and weaknesses of each system are assessed. (Author/KC)

It is suggested that institutional control of intercollegiate athletics has been eroded, partially due to athletic governance structures, federal controls, the transformation of recreational activities to big business, and television. Recommendations for reestablishing institutional authority over intercollegiate athletics are offered. (JMD)

Institutional administrators and research specialists must help improve and implement accountability measures if institutions are to retain academic autonomy. Current trends point to increased pressure for public accountability of higher education in the future. (MLW)

The Atlanta University Center, Inc., a consortium of six institutions (Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, Spelman, Atlanta University, and Interdenominational Theological Center) represents the world's largest nucleus of Black private higher education. Its background and the problems faced in dealing with each institution's desire for autonomy are…

Discussion of the government's relationship with Catholic colleges looks at both benefits (federal aid to institutions, student aid) and burdens (faculty unionization, compliance with antidiscrimination laws, status of student organizations) from a legal perspective. Specific litigation, outcomes, and implications are discussed in each of these…

Public universities, the states, and the citizenry have a long-established and productive social contract in American higher education. This partnership is being reinvented in a climate of changing attitudes and priorities. Four steps for improving the partnership are raising the level of dialog about higher education; addressing the meaning of…

A discussion of academic freedom and university autonomy in Africa first looks at the concept and social utility of those two attributes, and the operational conditions for their realization, then examines the general conditions under which African intellectuals work and the specific situation of academic freedom. Several directions for the future…

The history of the university in British Commonwealth Africa and of the University of Zimbabwe since the country's independence in 1980 gives insight into why the institution is susceptible to outside political influence. Recent trends in policymaking at the national level are examined. (MSE)

The interrelationship between science teaching and research in British universities is examined and such proposals as eliminating research at some universities or focusing on only those research areas which promise financial returns are criticized. Ways in which science research run by government or industry can threaten university autonomy are…

Concerns about institutional autonomy, maintenance of institutional diversity, the internationalization of scientific research, and educational quality resulting from unification of the European Community are discussed from historical, political, market, and academic perspectives. (MSE)

Concern about the impact of the completion of the European Single Market in 1992 on patterns of cooperation between member and non-member countries is expressed, and it is cautioned that member institutions must not ignore opportunities for cooperation inside or outside the European Community, particularly with developing nations. (MSE)

Defines school-based management (SBM) as a program adopted by schools or school districts to improve education by increasing school staff autonomy in making building-level decisions. Analyzes SBM's key objectives, benefits, and limitations. Budget, curriculum, and staffing decisions are commonly decentralized under SBM. Staff communication is…

In response to real and perceived problems in higher education, the federal government has increased regulation on campus. Even greater changes, some that will affect the teaching function of colleges and universities, notably the state review and accreditation provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, are already in the works. (MSE)

A proposed plan to form a public corporation of Oregon's public colleges and universities, designed to increase institutional autonomy and loosen state regulatory ties by establishment of an autonomous governing board, has been defeated, due to characterizations of the plan as a threat to state government and the legislature's power to guard…