Australia's higher education is coordinated by a variety of federal, state, and informal agencies with complex interrelationships and tasks. After a sustained period of growth, the improved administration of higher education has been assigned a high priority by the federal government in the last two years. (MSE)

The author argues that the primary concern of adult education in developing nations should be to empower adults to be agents of change. He discusses the roles of adult education, adult education as a national instrument, values and adult education, and the purpose of adult education. (CT)

Administrators at the University of Cincinnati were found to be receptive to nontraditional institutional goals designed to serve the nontraditional students of the 1980s, but current power relationships discourage innovations to attract these students. (Author/MLW)

Four separate but overlapping power centers in French universities are described and discussed: the state authority (minister), faculty, political and trade unions, and students. Confrontations between these powers have characterized French higher education in the last 15 years, and they have been at the root of the concept of autonomy. (MSE)

A review of American government textbooks shows that significant change has occurred concerning the content of newer textbooks, specifically the way they treat theories of elitist groups and systems analysis. (ND)

Individuals, to realize democracy, must try to establish their own dominion and supremacy by rejecting the rule of the mechanical and the impersonal in today's technological society. (MB)

Although it's true that effective school leaders focus on research, data, and statistics, the reality is that much of school leadership is also about how you handle personal relationships. That's why "The Art of School Leadership" is a must-read for any experienced or aspiring principal. Using concrete examples from his nearly 30 years of…

This document is an interpretive synthesis of the discussion at a conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute that sought to develop new ways to understand how the Internet is changing the powers of the nation-state, the conduct of international relations, and the definitions of nation security. This report examines how the Internet and other…

This paper presents some findings on students and authority in the mathematics classroom. It is shown that students create a web of authorities that extends not only to their teachers but also to their fellow students. While it is not asserted that relationships based on authority should be abolished, it is shown that such relationships can…

Within the current historical crisis of transnational capitalism, disabled people are finding themselves increasingly at risk. It is essential to (re)theorize the category of disability, particularly in critical response to the emancipatory possibilities offered through "border pedagogies." The paper locates the conceptual category of disability…

This book exposes the various manifestations of mistreatment of teachers by principals, offering practical solutions for its prevention and correction. Information comes from a study involving interviews with elementary and secondary teachers from rural, suburban, and urban areas across the United States and Canada. The book provides tools…

In development policy, community participation has increasingly come to be seen as a way to encourage community interest, involvement, ownership and ultimately, sustainability of projects. Education has also been affected by this discourse. The following paper examines two countries affected by conflict (Pakistan and Yemen), asking what type of…

These key features overlap, criss-cross, and reoccur in discussions about postmodernism: plurality of perspectives, antiessentialism, antifoundationalism, antiscientism, and end of metaphysics and ideology. Other characterizations focus on the discrediting of modernism's grand narrative, the positivist assumption that objectivity is the only…

Noting that current use of the disciplinary technique of timeout is often punitive, counterproductive, and damaging to children, this book presents suggestions to parents and teachers for making timeout a positive, motivating experience. Timeout, when used in combination with other techniques, can empower children to learn self control and self…

This paper examines the subversion of teacher authority in children's literature. It notes that picture books present various forms of "subversion" of teacher authority that range from the overt to the implicit. Examples from children's books that were presented to elementary education majors in a children's literature class are presented. The…