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Peer reviewedAdelman, Clifford – Journal of Higher Education, 1987
National reports on higher education are seen as a form of democratic propaganda whose aim is participation. Their progress is described through content analysis of media responses. "Aesthetic judgment" is seen as the key to participation in reform by college faculty and administrators. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Change, Communications, Content Analysis, Educational Quality
Adelman, Clifford – 1983
Perspectives on the context and results of the investigation conducted by the National Commission on Excellence in Education are presented. It is noted that the Commission's analysis sought to determine the extent to which colleges fail to set and maintain high standards, and the extent to which they fail to make their measures and benchmarks of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Articulation (Education)
