Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on education for sustainable development (ESD) Hyogo-Kobe, and the contribution of Kobe University as a model case. An attempt to develop and implement a new ESD programme in higher education is also reported. Design/methodology/approach: A brief description…

This article describes the League for Innovation in the Community College which will be celebrating throughout 2008 its 40th anniversary as one of the oldest and most significant organizations in the community college world. Created in 1968, when community colleges were being established at the rate of one per week, the League became a beacon for…

Cedefop's report "Learning while working: success stories on workplace learning in Europe" presents an overview of key trends in adult learning in the workplace. It takes stock of previous research carried out by Cedefop between 2003 and 2010 on key topics for adult learning: governance and the learning regions; social partner roles in…

The sheltering of artists in the university has not provided the stimulation found in the entrepreneurial city. Yet, the artists can not go back to the old piece work financing that characterized city life. The crisis for the arts and humanities is not a crisis of higher education but of culture. (JH)

Universities are beset with many demands to join in social action. Some of these demands run counter to the traditional purposes of the university: the production and transmission of knowledge. Universities' responses range from isolation or withdrawal as recently espoused by Barzun in The American University to a call for direct social action…

Compliance theory applied to prisons is tested via longitudinal analysis of prisoners' attitudes from the time of admittance to a diagnostic and classification center through subsequent transfer to a penitentiary, reformatory, etc. Findings indicate the nonrandom procedure by which prisoners are assigned to institutions is more important than…

The authors describe a public relations effort undertaken to promote the awareness of the school nurse's role on the part of school district officials and community. (MJB)

Article provides short descriptions of the impact evaluation of the Schools Council and the Regional Educational Laboratories. The article contends that the way impact evaluation is done depends on key factors, such as the scope of the task, size of the institution, and the methods of government and management. (RB)

This case study examines the different educational institutes in Nigeria that work in the area of curriculum development. Some receive money directly from the government; others operate as independent academic institutions and are part of a university. One institute from each category is examined. (RB)

Given the university's participation in scientific research, the author discusses the nature of that research at universities in Eastern and Western Europe and the USSR. In particular the university's research prioities, its coordination with outside research, its financing, and its staff workload are analyzed. (JH)

A husband-wife team long active in counseling with the old, residing in an institution for old persons, have a conviction that there is a need for counseling of the old and their families by counselors who also are old. (Author)

A report on a unique system of adult education originating in the Nordic countries. (GB)