This report presents relevant policy research, historical perspective, and an agenda of major issues involved in the complex process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Like many other federal laws, the HEA is not permanent. It expires on September 30, 2004, and this expiration requires that the 108th Congress consider extending or…

Two perspectives in the debate on funding for higher education are discussed: (1) that higher education has an extrinsic (economic) value to justify expenditures, and (2) the more radical idea that higher education serves purposes of social and cultural reproduction, and expenditure can be legitimated on socio-political grounds. (MSE)

This article paints a bleak future for the leisure ideal. (MM)

This is the second of an occasional series of articles by directors of education. Suggests that corporate management structures are not serving the real interests of the education service. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the changing economic and political forces that are affecting higher education in the United States and offers recommendations for alleviating the continuing financial crisis in higher education and for increasing public respect for and commitment to higher educational institutions. (JG)

In an era of financial constraint, the planner must produce the most reasonable plan that is acceptable to the most parties as accurately, honestly, and objectively as possible. (Author/WM)

Collective bargaining in public education differs significantly from collective bargaining in private industry. Whereas bargaining tends to be bilateral between employers and employee organizations in the private sector, it tends to be multilateral (more than two groups involved) in education. Economic analysis gives an explanation for this…

Since the "velvet revolution," different educational trends have arisen in Czech and Slovak republics. Slovakia has retained some centralization and state subsidies whereas, in the Czech Republic, education is more open to market forces. (SK)

This article discusses the withdrawal of the United States government from educational reform in Iraq. It has however, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, awarded a two-year National Capacity Development contract, which is aimed at helping Iraq's government ministries to function better. This article discusses how security…

Bargaining is a political as well as an economic process and comparisons between districts are the keys to the politics of bargaining. (Author/IRT)

Education has moved into the mainstream of state politics. The future quality of the public schools may well depend on how accurately educators perceive and how effectively they participate in the political arena. (Author/IRT)

This article attempts to encapsulate the current concerns of those called upon to teach and learn public budgeting. It traces the changes that have been and are occurring and discusses their implications for the study of public budgeting. It examines the budgetary environment, traditional approaches, politicization, budget system objectives, and…

This book is the story of school reform in Houston, Texas, where student achievement has risen, the dropout rate has been reduced, and administrative costs have dropped. This first-person account, written by a participant in the successful reform process, outlines lessons for urban school reform from the Houston experience. The chapters are: (1)…