In developing countries, higher education is a powerful instrument for social mobility and economic prosperity. An in-depth study of the relationship between higher education and certain equity issues has revealed that in Ghana and Tanzania there is inadequate effort to widen higher education participation to include traditionally disadvantaged…

Admission to higher education should not be determined by elitist criteria, but curriculum content should be controlled by the educated elite. Argues that admission should not depend on parents wealth or position; university graduates should pay for education themselves, through loan systems; and university graduates must develop an ethos of…

Today's law school retains the basic characteristics of the elite economic model established in 1922, despite considerable economic and social change. The near future will probably intensify interest in legal education, and the original goals and structure such as noncommerciality and full-time faculty should be remembered. (MSE)

Examines how ethnic conflict in society and in the institution itself is impacting on the African university. (SJL)

Academic freedom in the universities of South Africa is examined, focusing on competing conceptions of the university's role, limits on the university's autonomy, selection of students and related concerns of enabling black student enrollment while maintaining academic standards, and intellectual freedom in the context of political pressures. (DB)

The Florida community college/university articulation experience attempts to facilitate student mobility and expand access while creating a common academic currency. Background leading up to this movement is presented and the provisions of the agreement are outlined. (JMF)

Concerns of a researcher in a Belgian university regarding the trend toward policy implementation dominated by short- and medium-term budgetary considerations are outlined. The university system's heterogeneous, compartmentalized nature and potential are noted, along with the relationship to the government and the real danger of break-up of the…

The engineering profession and, consequently, the education process for engineers must respond to several new realities in order to be successful in the 21st century. Some aspects of the new reality that are relevant to engineering education are as follows: the globalization of commerce; the information revolution; innovations in technology; the…