Examined are how decisive financial cuts are in Swiss higher education, where they occur, and what their effects are. Whether in fact there is a crisis in Swiss education and, if there is, whether it is attributable to financial cutbacks or other causes as yet undefined is then discussed. (RM)

Recent patterns of demand for higher education and trends regarding the numbers of students staying on in full-time education after age 16 suggest that demand for British higher education may be greater than might be assumed from simply viewing the decline in the size of the 18- to 20-year-old age group. (RM)

Students make many choices over a long period, and choose a career through a complicated process. This process includes formal instruction in mathematics and science, and the opportunity for informal education in museums, science centers, and recreational programs. The influence of family, teachers, peers, and the electronic media can make an…