A professor of education talks about the meaning of career education, its objectives and philosophy, and the role of vocational training at the career preparation stage. (MF)

Delineates major changes in the American governmental bureauracy, highlights change-resistant qualities of bureauracy and professionalism, and suggests how universities can help public servants cope with change. Aspects of government bureauracy discussed are general administration, program administration, and service delivery. (Author/DB)

Presents opposing interpretations of the Robbins Report, stating that British higher education is still guided by its principles. Examines the report's influence on the size and shape of the higher education system, the character of higher education regarding teaching and research, and higher education's place in modern society. (GEA)

The Center for Experimentation and Investigation in Pedagogy provides permanent services to foster innovations in education. The center develops official educational programs and curricular guides for teachers. The center has also changed the content of curricula and the methods used to develop them. (RB)

Corporate involvement in social welfare represents a third stage in the evolution of welfare institutions in the United States, following the voluntary sector and the welfare state. Examining health and welfare corporations reveals rapid growth and consolidation in nursing homes, hospital management, health maintenance organizations, child care,…

This digest addresses two aspects of managing bereavement on campus: 1) the need for effective counseling practices to help students manage grief, whether due to a death on campus or due to the death of a loved one, and 2) the need for institutional procedures to respond to the death of a campus community member. Administrators and faculty in…

British Columbia's post-secondary Transfer System consists of all BC public institutions, Yukon College and those private institutions which have been approved to participate through a provincial quality assessment process. Within the Transfer System, smooth student mobility between institutions is supported by all partners. Articulation…

In April 2000, the Community College Leadership Development Initiative (CCLDI) and the Claremont Graduate University (CGU) in California entered into a landmark partnership to improve the leadership of the community colleges. This partnership is notable for several reasons: it envisions a multifaceted, long-term effort to improve community college…

At the tail end of the last millennium a learning revolution began to emerge across the educational landscape, challenging traditional assumptions in elementary and secondary education, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. The Learning Revolution emerged from the failures of reform efforts triggered by the 1983 publication of…

Asserts that educators who advocate lifelong learning too often support a narrow and arbitrary system of nomenclature, which implies that learning and thus education are terminal concepts. The need for administrative structure and socially recognized reward has plagued educators, and their clients, with learning near-sightedness. The question…

This paper is concerned with the division of labor between and within institutions of higher education and asks the following questions: What kinds of institutions and teachers carry on research? How is research related to research interests and to academic responsibilities? How is research linked to the structure of rewards in different…

Data gathered in the development of the Institutional Functioning Inventory indicates that though administrators view the academic environment more favorably than faculty and students all three groups are responding to the same generally perceived environment, independent of subgroups to which they belong. (Author/JH)

Discusses the changes in higher education today: military and corporate schools, proprietary schools, occupational education and career-minded institutions. (Author/PG)

Criticizes the Carnegie Commission for failing to take sufficiently seriously the evidence that the American social and political fabric is badly torn. American colleges and universities are failing to create a common culture without which our future is dubious. (Editor)