This article has been compiled from materials produced and collected by UNESCO and partner organisations committed to advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Due to the great diversity in the implementation of the DESD at regional, national and local levels, this report highlights trends and developments that have emerged during the…

This book explores the history of American higher education through examination of the voluntary higher education associations organized during the turn of the century: the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations (AACES), the Association of American Colleges (AAC), The Association of American Universities (AAU), the…

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Council of National Library and Information Associations (CNLIA) (called the Council of National Library Associations until 1978), this document describes the CNLIA's purposes and accomplishments. Since 1942 the CNLIA has served as a forum for library and information associations to examine the issues…

This paper describes the agencies and organizations with oversight and intervention authority in local community college district affairs, including: (1) locally-elected governing boards; (2) the Board of Governors and California Community College Chancellor's Office; (3) the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges; (4) county…

An address summarizing the content of a workshop of the Association of African Universities in Accra, July 1972. The African University is defined in terms of its objectives for the 1970s including its role in the society, the development of indigenous staff, its relationship to Government, and research and development. [Resume in French…

Various major business marketing actions and their analogous educational functions are examined in this exploration of the application of the marketing concept to higher education, along with modification that institutional differences (e.g. goals and operating climate) impose upon the use of such techniques (e.g. market analysis, product line…

Contends that members of an institution must agree on common purposes if it is to survive with significance. Questions to ask are, "To whom is the institution responsible?" and, "What should we be doing to carry out our responsibility to these groups?" (JT)

Features of the existing legal structure regulating collective bargaining in Canada are examined, including application to the university of the legal regime for both private and public sector collective bargaining, with the conclusion that it is possible to shape a collective bargaining structure compatible with traditional university values. (JT)

Discusses factors that can influence a university's choice of goals and concludes that, given expressions of public concern that appear to be basic shifts in the fabric of Canadian society--and thus of its requirements of higher education--the reconsideration of institutional goals has become vital. (JT)

A case study of the 1969 merger of a major state university and a small private liberal arts institution. Focus is on changes in organizational structure and major policies, impact on attitudes and behavior, reasons for problems encountered. Similarities between the problems involved in implementing university and business mergers are emphasized.…

A college president discusses long-range planning in a private college and suggests problems and difficulties confronting those responsible for it emphasizing the critical ingredient of presidential leadership qualities that stimulate a spirit of dialogue and philosophizing about the nature, aims, and objectives of the institution. (JT)

A reconstruction of colleges and universities to develop valid theory with which to direct the course of social action is proposed: the breakdown of compartmentalization between and within disciplines, casting off the myths of "value neutrality" and science as "descriptive," and the integration of theory and practice. (JT)

Claims that many problems in higher chemical education are institutional in nature, and should be treated as such. For example, each institution should define its goals clearly, then devise a structure and curriculum to achieve them. (MLH)

The author discusses the development, literature, problems, and possibilities of the politics of education in the United States and Australia. Emphasis is placed upon defining boundaries, priorities, and research projects for the field. (DE)

The author discusses the relationship between higher education and the federal government over the last two decades. Emphasis is placed on higher education taking a more active role in the shaping of national educational policy. (DE)