Explores the social foundations and contradictions of formal multilateralism in education since 1945. Discusses the emergence of UNESCO in the 1950s-60s as mediator between developing and donor nations, construction of an ideology linking educational and economic development, the rise of "basic needs" programming in the 1970s, and the…

Raises issues concerning effective change research in education. Highlights include: action-research, change management and continuous quality improvement and innovation; individual and organizational learning for change; evidence-based change priorities; researching good practice; monitoring change implementation and impact; change in learning…

Asserts that in order to transform colleges into learning organizations, the infrastructure of higher education must be analyzed. States that basic relationships must be redesigned--the pedagogical interaction between teacher and student, the tension between faculty and administration, the caste system relationship that has existed between faculty…

This article describes the evolution of a graduate program in early childhood studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The training model was designed to enhance sensitivity and responsiveness toward children, and uses developmentally appropriate practices as a theoretical basis. (JPB)

Discusses the development of the system of postgraduate and supplementary professional education in Russia. Focuses on such topics as the strategic guidelines in the implementation of the system and the strategic goals for education (theoretical fundamentalism, cognitive integrality, humanization, methodologism, and pluralism). (CMK)

Examines the relationship between higher education and corporate business in North America, culminating in what is coming to be called the E-Learning Corporation, a new and closer interaction that has enormous potential benefit for institutions and for society in general. Discussion highlights include higher education and society as adversary; the…

Examines administrator attitudes/perceptions about distance education and how this effects administrators' support. Findings indicate: attitudes varied significantly among levels of administrators; peers and personal experience influence attitudes; attitudinal differences not explained by any single variable; administrators, regardless of…

Focuses on utilizing organizational theory in understanding the progress of constructing a new departmental identity in a former library and information science school that was merged with an education school. Findings indicate that members of the former library and information science school faced pressure both to become more like education and…

Examines the process of implementing an educational technology innovation in a senior high school. Data was collected through participant observation, interviews, and artifact collection. While the implementation was unsuccessful, results underscore the notion that implementation is a complex process involving the organization, the people, and the…

Examines the relationship between Greece's Ministry of Education and its institutions of higher education, noting that coordination of this relationship is important for both the academic institutions and the state. Argues that the Ministry of Education exercises control of higher education through laws and regulations, intervening in…

Traces the history of higher education in Italy. Discusses the nature and function of the Italian university; changes in Italy's system of higher education over the years; the issue of academic autonomy in Italy; and reform in Italian universities over the next few years (going corporate and walking the tightrope between autonomy and national…

Examines Malta's history of higher education, discussing: the relationship between Malta's socioeconomic and political history and educational development; Malta's system of higher education; notable reforms and counter-reforms; and implications of expansion (rapid increases in student enrollment, the boom of a graduate labor supply, and changes…

Asian countries have expanded basic education over the past three decades, due to declining enrollment rates, a booming economy, and supportive national-development strategies. Urgent health, environmental, population, and economic pressures are fueling a move to decentralized education systems and negatively affecting headmasters. School…

Focuses on the possibilities open to institutions using distance learning (DL) through the Internet. Discusses synchronic, asynchronic and noninteractive learning and their incorporation in the Internet; the main contributing factors of Internet-based DL; challenges and controversies; mapping the presence of formal education institutions on the…

Suggests that educators need to find a balance between the two realms of environmental education--the knowledge realm, including the scientific, technical, management side, and the realm stressing awareness and responsibility for the world. Describes benefits of using Geographical Information Systems (GISs) and remote sensing devices as…