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Furnham, Adrian – Higher Education Review, 2002
Studied the influence of demographic variables on the British public's perceptions of the usefulness of retaining faculties from different disciplines. Found that people's perceptions of what is worthy are not based on political affiliation but are dependent on a number of socioeconomic variables. (EV)
Descriptors: Demography, Departments, Foreign Countries, Higher Education