Interprets the development toward greater and less regulation in U.S. educational reform movements in the context of state power. Reviews core and ancillary reform strategies and reflects on reform as the decline of an organizational consensus. (SK)

Proposed substantial changes in federal regulations concerning accreditation process and the standards used for awarding federal student aid funds are criticized for the degree to which they increase potential for bureaucratic interference. A major concern is the accuracy of data on which bureaucratic decisions are made. (MSE)

Discusses the provisions of the Education Amendments of 1976 related to the overcoming of sex discrimination and sex stereotyping in vocational education, lists five major administrative requirements for state programs, and notes specifications for national programs. Includes information on some secondary and postsecondary programs and other…

The Education Amendments of 1972 will be credited with triggering the deregulation of American higher education. The law broke higher education's monopoly on granting degrees because it allowed an array of institutions and organizations to press for degree-granting status from state licensure boards (MLW)

Sustaining the educational reform movement will involve an estimated 20 percent increase in funding for education. Since such increases are unlikely, the evaluation of existing reform is urgent. Includes a list of seven levels of evaluation appropriate for state reform bills. (MD)

This book gives a brief history of education in Romania over the last decade. The text is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides a background report, whereas part 2 presents the results of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development review team's analysis of recent trends and reform initiatives. The first section describes the…

Increased local control for support programs formerly federally funded will require planning and coordination. Curriculum systematization is a process for determining the compatibility of support programs with the existing local curriculum. (SK)

Provisions of the Higher Education Act Amendments of 1992 concerning accreditation provide a clear message to the higher education community that the public has serious questions about the quality of higher education. Confidence can be restored by increasing public involvement in accreditation and by informing it of higher education's…

In June 2004, three out of four public schools in Florida failed to meet a new federal standard for school improvement, including one arts school that had earned "A" ratings on statewide tests for four consecutive years (Shanklin 2004). How can so many schools, including "A" schools, be failing? The answer: the No Child Left…

This ethnographic account of community development relates the successful efforts of Shiloh County (a pseudonym for a small, rural political subdivision in the American South) to achieve local autonomy while using external resources to meet local needs. The study describes the political influences of family, religion, neighborhood, community and…

Looks at the ways in which the deregulation of business and industry may affect community colleges in the years ahead, using the banking industry as an illustration. Argues that the deregulation of higher education requires that community college leadership programs examine past assumptions and develop new strategies. (LAL)

Sweden's newly deregulated university system, characterized by increased privatization and performance-based funding, is compared with a model of "responsive regulation" characterized by a cooperative regulatory relationship. Developments and actions during the first few years of reform are also analyzed in this context. Suggestions for…

The work of the National Policy Board on Higher Education Institutional Accreditation, an organization formed to bring together public policymakers, institutions, and others involved in accreditation for reform of the system, is described. Educators are urged to move toward change before the federal government intervenes. (MSE)

This report of the Web-Based Education Commission focuses on the need to rethink the regulatory foundations governing all educational institutions in light of the Internet and distance education possibilities. Highlights include state and local education controls; pre-kindergarten through grade 12 concerns; postsecondary issues; federal statutory…

This article explores the role of law in shaping the growth of private education, as a part of educational reforms in response to social change in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the 1980s. This paper argues that law acts as a new social game rule, one used by the state to govern, regulate and promote new relations and interactions…