Historians are responsible for the decline of interest in historical studies. They have emphasized the trivial, written for special interest groups, failied to incorporate an analytical dimension, and have not struck a balance between elements of change and continuity. A Canadian history course which responded to these points is discussed. (RM)

A proposed new educational service, the degree upgrade, is designed to attract graduates not seeking advanced degrees and to develop a continuing relationship with them. The new service aims at a previously untapped and constantly growing market segment, creates a continuing demand for services, and redefines traditional concepts of lifelong…

Describes how faculty members are adding new courses and changing existing ones to respond to student demands for information and for meaning following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. (EV)

Quantitative trends and patterns of public policy in industralized countries are reviewed. In times when the ideal of universal higher education is waning, there is a need to move beyond numbers and toward an explicit concern with the democratization of knowledge. (Author/MLW)

Examines reasons why the postwar secondary education system of Italy has remained static and specialized despite dramatic changes in the demands placed on it and the strong consensus in favor of reform toward comprehensive schooling. (Author/SJL)

Reports a high demand at law schools for courses on Internet issues, Cyberlaw, but notes that some critics question whether the topic warrants its own specialty. Suggests the appeal is based on intellectual excitement about the burgeoning field, the high technology comfort level of students who grew up with the Internet, and the promise of…

Explores how the Army's distance education program is attracting strong interest from soldiers at the same time that it is causing clashes between the military and academic cultures. (EV)

Globalization affects every aspect of higher education through increased demand, diversified student bodies, a growing private sector, and a variety of delivery mechanisms. But universities should not see themselves as passive victims of globalization. As creators and disseminators of knowledge, universities shape globalization just as much as…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation combined its concern that few top flight scholars are choosing the humanities for careers and its awareness of the current oversupply of humanities faculty to create a $24 million fellowship program to direct talented graduate students into English and comparative literature, American studies, history, classics,…

A report prepared by an academic commission under the auspices of the International Council on the Future of the University found Italian university life characterized by a chaotic admissions system, inadequate physical facilities, deeply polarized faculties, poorly worked-out career structures for teachers, and high student-teacher ratios. (MLW)

Colleges and universities must recognize that they exist in a competitive environment and view strategic planning as pivotal in the management of change, of their competitive positions within the education industry, and of resources. Higher education's new competitive aspects lend themselves to strategic planning models useful in business. (MSE)

Great Britain's General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) is an innovative further education program that is empowering students and outstripping enrollment projections. In 1992-93, GNVQ was piloted in five vocational areas: business, health and social care, leisure and tourism, art and design, and manufacturing. Under GNVQ, assessment by…

Policy analysis provides the framework for enrollment planning in the Arizona university system. The new planning model consists of a statement of principles, a five-year strategic plan, an enrollment demand model, determination of institutional capacities, development of strategies to meet demand, and analysis of policy choices and consequences.…

Data from a sample of university graduates in Egypt are used to test the effect of a mismatch in higher education policy and labor demand on future employment patterns. The results are delayed employment or underemployment and consequent lowering of lifetime earnings of college graduates. (MSE)

The tension between government and higher education is examined through a framework of higher education system types, which are based on a model positing three forces on higher education systems: state, market, and oligarchical aspects. Implications for system coordination and for governance are considered. (MSE)