Rapid turnover in business school deans is accompanying pressure for change in business administration education. Business deans need to face conflicts concerning the focus of the schools, principally in how to respond to businesses' demands for specific skills in graduates. Increased competition for students is also a factor. (MSE)

The role of the Holmes Group education deans in effecting the group's recommended reforms for teacher education is discussed along with issues raised by group members and colleagues about the financing and consequences of the proposed reforms. (MSE)

The Holmes Group, a committee of deans of education in several dozen large universities, have published a report urging major U.S. universities to provide leadership in reforming teacher education and the teaching profession. (MSE)

A teacher education policy is proposed by the education deans of 23 private and public universities to create an elite corps of elementary/secondary teachers rules out undergraduate education majors and requires a master's degree in education, a substantial internship, and in some cases, a specialized postgraduate degree. (MSE)