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Flinders, Neil J.; Hilton, Matthew M. F. – Family Perspective, 1986
Western intellectual heritage is characterized by a gradual but significant shift from a supernatural to a naturalistic worldview between 1880 and 1920. With the ascendancy of naturalistic worldview, various conflicting ideas emerge about the place and proper function of the family and the educational institutions. The social and legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Public Education
Peer reviewedDavies, John L. – Higher Education in Europe, 2001
Assesses the factors that universities need to consider when developing a strategic response to "borderless education," discusses certain instruments which may be used in strategic analysis, and considers some options in the areas of organizational structures, support infrastructure, personnel policy, and quality assurance. (EV)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Competition, Distance Education
Peer reviewedVlasceanu, Lazar; Davies, John L. – Higher Education in Europe, 2001
Reflects on seminar presentations within four major themes: (1) the acceleration of change in higher education owing mostly to information and communication technologies; (2) complementarity and contrast between virtual and classical universities; (3) institutional responses to change; and (4) quality issues. Proposes various agendas for further…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Farrenkopf, Toni – 1979
This paper examines the goals of education which should include the transmission of knowledge, training of skills necessary in a technological society, training of intellectual/abstractive capacities, autonomy and flexibility, and healthy personal and interpersonal functioning. The author argues that a process-oriented classroom approach is more…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conventional Instruction, Course Descriptions, Educational Needs
Download full textBillington, Dorothy D. – 1989
A study tried to determine if development can continue through middle age, if education can stimulate adult development, and, if so, what the contributing factors are. The subjects were 60 men and women who had begun doctoral studies between ages 37 and 48, half of whom had just finished and half of whom had just started. Half of the students were…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Doctoral Programs
Khammash, Salma B. – 1990
The study compared college achievement of Kuwaiti students from two secondary programs; a traditional one resulting in a General Secondary School Certificate (GSSC) and a "Unit Credit System" (UCS) which emphasizes more student independence and responsibility and less rote learning. Under both systems, secondary students specialize in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Outcomes Assessment, College Preparation, Credits
