This paper includes two documents: a working document and a report on the symposium on the democratization of higher education and its role in the promotion of economic and social progress. This symposium was part of UNESCO'S program entitled "Democratization of Education." The purposes of the program's activities were to stimulate and…

The articles in this monograph examine the fundamental world-wide shifts of ideology, policy, and practice that are characteristic of attempts to provide appropriate and relevant education for all members of a social system. The first section deals with the policies, issues, and concepts that are emerging with the progressively more democratic…

The conference provided a forum where educators, education officers from the state of Delaware, citizen education groups, representatives of public service organizations, and members of the citizen education component of Research for Better Schools (RBS) could exchange ideas related to the conference theme, "Developing Competent Citizens in a…