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Download full textAmerican Council of Learned Societies, 2007
In 1918, just one year before the founding of American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Thorstein Veblin wrote, "In one shape or another, this problem of adjustment, reconciliation or compromise between the needs of higher learning and the demands of the business enterprise is forever present in the deliberations of the university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Organizational Culture, Essays, Humanities
Neave, Guy, Ed. – 2000
Three broad subthemes were addressed in a conference focusing on the responsibilities of universities. These were anticipating change relative to university development, the international knowledge enterprise, and academic freedom and university autonomy as prerequisite for the university meeting its responsibilities. Following an introduction,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Role, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Whitty, Geoff; Seddon, Terri – 1994
This publication contains two papers on the implications of school decentralization for teacher education, student achievement, and democracy. The first paper, "Devolution in Education Systems: Implications for Teacher Professional Development and Pupil Performance" (Geoff Whitty), explores the way education reform movements for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Decentralization, Democracy
Brennan, John, Ed.; de Vries, Peter, Ed.; Williams, Ruth, Ed. – 1997
The papers in this book reflect current debates on academic standards and quality assurance, and speak from the perspective of institutional leaders and national quality bodies and higher education researchers. Included are reports on the progress of several international quality initiatives and studies on the impact of external quality assurance…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies
