In the German Democratic Republic educational planning has to guarantee the realisation of several constitutional mandates: admission to universities and colleges in accordance with the principle of achievement, with the requirements of society, and with reference to the social composition of the people and equality of the sexes; the right to work…

The report of the Faure Commission, Learning to Be, is critically examined and found wanting. It is argued that the Commission fails to reveal the essential problems of formal education, is vague in its recommendations for reform, and ignores the political implications of its proposals. (Editor)

Discusses relationship between social purposes and higher education's intrinsic values examining six specific purposes that have emerged in the transition from elite to mass higher education and concluding that society and higher education may have to continue in active tension if academic ideals are to be self-perpetuating. (JT)

The part the university plays in the building of a nation in the post-independence period is described and illustrated by means of a detailed study of Malaysia. The impact of economic, socio-cultural, and political factors are analyzed and the objectives of higher education in contemporary Malaysia are articulated. (Author/MLW)