Concerned about shrinking state support, University of Michigan officials undertook a program in 1978 to increase public and legislative awareness of higher education problems and stop the appropriations decline. Person-to-person contact, group interaction, specialized communication through publications, and mass media communication were used.…

Compares financial resource mobilization, allocation, and accounting for school desegregation in three large cities. Focuses on interactions between school officials, courts, and city officials in designing and funding desegregation remedies, and argues that budgeting for desegregation depends on legal and political processes that are often beyond…

An important element of academic planning and program administration is determining whether a course is to be offered for credit. Changes in the ground rules for the credit versus noncredit decision-making process within the California community college system are discussed. (MLW)

Reviews assertions that significant gains in Black occupational mobility since the 1960s indicate that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in the United States. Demonstrates that data on Black and White mobility do not support the policy implication that affirmative action programs are no longer needed. (Author/MJL)

Describes the political, ethnoreligious, and economic forces which influenced the introduction of compulsory education in Manitoba. (CM)

Rural students can understand global perspectives by developing pride as food providers who share "kinship of the soil" with the developing world. Important lessons include man's dependence on the land; philosophy of environmental protection; agricultural technology; political influence over soil use; and five factors controlling crop production.…

Using the Canadian experience as a reference point, this paper attempts to explain how and why the dynamics of political-economic domination work in international relations among higher educational institutions. The explanation stresses the material and structural limits on higher education's participation in the international flow of ideas.…

The Federal Direct Student Loan Program is not an improvement over the Federal Family Education Loan Program and is doomed to fail as did a similar large-scale federal program 33 years ago. The program will not save money; the government is ill-equipped to manage it; it has been pushed past its demand; and schools do not want the change. (MSE)

Prospects for state legislatures' treatment of higher education issues are charted for all states with regular legislative sessions. Information provided includes the legislative session dates, summary budget requests, outlook for the budget request, other key higher education issues likely to be addressed, and private college issues under…

Examines how negative views of government and the public sector are affecting educational governance. Reviews social and political trends undermining support for public schools. Presents a new definition of governance that realistically portrays the politics of educational leadership by acknowledging the roles of public and private sectors,…

The "disappearance" of civic America and atrophy of face-to-face associational life have become major social concerns. Meanwhile, governmental systems are decentralizing, and education remains very political. Striving to reinvigorate civic education for youth is not enough. Educators must further democratize education by involving…

Internet 2, a project intended to provide member universities with new computer network services and faster connections, is criticized for growing too large and too difficult to administer cooperatively. Its organizers are working closely with the Clinton Administration's Next Generation Internet Initiative, but some lawmakers feel the program is…

Argues that the fact that there are more Japanese students studying in the United States than there are U.S. students in Japan is not a problem in itself, but that the United States should develop and sustain its expertise on Japan. Educators and exchange specialists should cooperate to expand academic, work-study, and internship programs in…

Explicates the mercantilist ideology of the Japanese elite and its impact on Japanese trade policy. Offers a textured portrait of the world view of a particular elite: Japan's technocrats. Reveals a nationalist ideology that is not advertised by its adherents, especially to foreign observers such as in the United States. (MJP)

Considers the impact of information technology, particularly the Web, on distance education in higher education. Topics include the future of public education; criticism of education based on societal anger, political ambition, and the profit motive in the private sector; and the relationship between education and business. (LRW)