The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation combined its concern that few top flight scholars are choosing the humanities for careers and its awareness of the current oversupply of humanities faculty to create a $24 million fellowship program to direct talented graduate students into English and comparative literature, American studies, history, classics,…

The adoption by professional humanists of a marketing model is advocated, with emphasis on its application to undergraduate instruction. The model is designed to preserve the quality and autonomy of humanistic education and is derived from elementary marketing theory. (Author/MSE)

Recent cultural and technological changes suggest a pattern of increased emphasis on personal needs and aspirations and a shift away from traditional values. Educational leaders must develop new strategies to deliver services to a public not willing to support them. Available from California Higher Education, P.O. Box 26541, Sacramento, CA 95826,…

A report prepared by an academic commission under the auspices of the International Council on the Future of the University found Italian university life characterized by a chaotic admissions system, inadequate physical facilities, deeply polarized faculties, poorly worked-out career structures for teachers, and high student-teacher ratios. (MLW)

Models of regulatory policy based on industrial organization theory can be applied to governmental coordination in higher education. They show that the relationship between costs and enrollment depends on student demand. When demand is stable or decreasing, governments should promote competition and keep costs down by reducing regulation. (RW)

The role of private schools in this "mainstreaming" of the handicapped effort is outlined. (JMF)

The fifteen-year cohort group emerging from the postwar baby boom has already generated a succession of severe strains upon the absorptive capacity of American institutions. This group may be expected to continue to generate and experience corresponding strains as it moves through each stage of the life cycle, and to prompt new responses. (LBH)

A survey of 79 industrial teacher educators received 57 responses indicating the following: most programs combine multiple areas of industrial education; 68% were not in colleges of education; and most were optimistic that demand for industrial education will increase in the future. (JOW)

A survey of higher education in the Sultanate of Oman found management by several government entities, no tradition of charging fees or tuition, and supply of higher education inadequate to demand. Proposes a framework for a consolidated management system and market-oriented reforms. (EV)

A study of the relationship of population and income in Asian countries and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members to their demand for American higher education found that both population and income significantly affect demand, but not proportionally. Findings suggest countries meet most change in citizens' demand with…

Describes generation and implications of British Columbia education commission's report, "Legacy for Learners," within context of changing political-social landscape. Describes report's findings concerning public perceptions, expectations, and priorities for education in British Columbia. Document's author was editor-researcher of…

Colleges and universities must recognize that they exist in a competitive environment and view strategic planning as pivotal in the management of change, of their competitive positions within the education industry, and of resources. Higher education's new competitive aspects lend themselves to strategic planning models useful in business. (MSE)

A survey of Ohio pharmacists found that respondents attributed greater benefit to and had greater interest in postbaccalaureate education than doctoral training. Institutional pharmacists showed more positive attitudes and interest than community pharmacists. About half those expressing interest in either type of education would spend time and…

Great Britain's General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) is an innovative further education program that is empowering students and outstripping enrollment projections. In 1992-93, GNVQ was piloted in five vocational areas: business, health and social care, leisure and tourism, art and design, and manufacturing. Under GNVQ, assessment by…

Policy analysis provides the framework for enrollment planning in the Arizona university system. The new planning model consists of a statement of principles, a five-year strategic plan, an enrollment demand model, determination of institutional capacities, development of strategies to meet demand, and analysis of policy choices and consequences.…