Explores how to analyze various political processes which affect resource allocation to libraries. The marketing of library "products" is discussed, and practical strategies for assisting the individual librarian in political processes are offered. (AEF)

Discusses protection of intellectual property and the fair use of information from the academic library perspective. Comments on several factors related to intellectual property: politics, economic and cultural contexts, time constraints, and software and online systems. Suggests developing new laws for online environments. (AEF)

Advice on international public relations for colleges and universities includes focusing efforts on one country or region at a time; researching the market and media outlets; involving faculty and administrators; using the local language; careful budgeting; providing photographs and copy; focusing story ideas; considering politics; and considering…

Worldwide political influences on language policy and planning are discussed, including the growth of nationalism, scripts as political symbols, the symbolism of a name, regionalization, democratization, minority rights, and multiculturalism. (Contains 50 references.) (LB)

Arguments for students' use of their first language as well as English in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom are reexamined. Pedagogical and political aspects of ESL instruction are noted. (LB)

Addresses the question of why there is a decrease in college participation by blacks and whether this indicates that American society is becoming more racist. It explains how low expectations about going to college can negatively affect secondary school performance and how government policies contributed to those expectations. (GR)

The potential for reconciling state formula funding of higher education with institutional planning needs is discussed. It is proposed that states invent a financing mechanism that funds a fair share of the strategic aims of each public college and university, yet allows the state to invest in a few priorities. New Jersey's experiment with such an…

It is vital to include youth in national-service plans. Basic approaches include putting young people on the team; putting youth on the national-corporation board; getting administrators into national-service; creating youth forums; and letting young people make decisions. (SLD)

The success of the national-service campaign may hinge on whether community agencies and those that they serve are involved in the process. Critical areas are the use of language that people can understand; public meetings; outreach that stresses diversity; funding; planning; action context; management; training; and evaluation. (SLD)

Examination of data from a 25-year period at the University of California shows disproportionate growth in expenditures for administration relative to instruction. Factors accounting for administrative growth are discussed, as are the contradictory pressures on the university to adapt to environmental complexity and political economic demands…

Reviews implications of a frontier-free Europe in terms of human resources, mobility, vocational education/training for young people, continuing education and training, and the role of higher education institutions. (SK)

Giroux attempts to bring several new discourses into ongoing scholarly conversations about radical pedagogy, attempting to introduce radical educators to the principles and language of scholarship in modernism, postmodernism, postcolonial studies, and cultural studies. Educators who cross disciplinary boundaries are certain to develop more…

This article discusses recent developments in the vocationalization and professionalization of Greek higher education, in the context of creation of a single European market and the advancement of research-generated knowledge. Also examined are the social dimensions of the dual concept of higher education in Greece and the political structural…

This paper examines the use of student loans, a capitalist form of educational financing, in a socialist country, the People's Republic of China. Details of the program, including eligibility, loan amounts, interest charges, administration, and repayment terms, are summarized. The paper suggests that major problems may be encountered in securing…

A survey of 400 students at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon) receiving scholarships from the Hariri Foundation investigated the relationship of the foundation to the student, finding that political pressures prejudiced selection of grant recipients. Students felt that the foundation had not been professional and were reluctant to…