Suggests that the "fact-shoveling" model of higher education is rendering institutions superfluous in this Information Age. Illustrates the convergence of business and education, and notes that businesses are providing relevant training for free, while a university education remains costly. Discusses the credential problem,…

Asks what relevance the liberal tradition has for post-compulsory education in the contemporary United Kingdom. Explores critiques of the liberal tradition and finds them wanting. Argues that the underpinning values of liberalism, empowerment, and democracy have potential as a framework for developing an accessible post-compulsory system. (DSK)

Focuses on evaluation methods for and determinants of success of online courses. Discusses preliminary indicators of course success, student interactions as predictors, intuitive user interfaces, fluid caveats rather than set criteria, suggestions from participants of listservs, a multi-tiered assessment structure, lessons from the corporate…

The dichotomy between individualism and conformity, the myth that gifted children will make it on their own, and the fallacy of equating equal opportunity with equal potential, ability, and results has fostered a climate in which simplistic thinking, ambivalence, and neglect is prevalent. Awareness of this larger social context can allow for new…

States that community colleges should evaluate the intent of the technology being implemented and determine how it serves their mission and delivery of education. Discusses the impact of technology on teaching and administrative support, telecommunication and interaction, implementing interactive synchronous technology, benefits of…

In a workshop session, the 1995-96 Virginia Community College System Administrative Leadership Seminar participants accepted a challenge to come up with a theoretical framework to reinvent the community college for the 21st century. They formed groups to address five major areas of educational change: teaching/learning, instructional/student…

In the Science and Technology department of the University of Twente (Toegepaste Onderwijskunde, T.O., Netherlands), a revolutionary process of institutional change is occurring under the banner of C@MPUS+ initiative. The TeleTOP (Tele-Learning at T.O.) team is committed to blending the best of traditional education with new didactics and advanced…

Examines the expansion of public two-year colleges between 1942 and 1970. Tests hypotheses from organizational ecology, institutional theory, predicting that the population of two-year colleges is responsive to business elites, affluence, the labor force needs of a diversified economy, and Democratic Party pluralities. Findings suggest that…

Relates the origin of the Russian regional education program entitled the "Program for the Development of the System of Education of Novgorod Oblast 1996-2000" outlining the stages, content, and principles of the program's creation. Focuses on municipal educational institutions and individualization of instruction. (CMK)

Examines the expanding horizons for geographic information system (GIS) services in academic libraries, with examples drawn from experiences at North Carolina State University Libraries, a participant in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) GIS Library Project. Discusses building on partnerships; providing opportunities for instruction and…

Bibliography includes 647 citations from 65 journals published late 1996 to early 1998. Categories include adult, distance, vocational, literacy, technical, and popular education; children's rights; curriculum and instruction; educational planning, development, and reform; gender, ethnicity, and class; higher education; methodology and theory;…

Philosophy of technology has much to offer technology education. Insights into the real nature of technology and its relationship with science and society can help technology educators to build a subject that helps pupils acquire a good concept of technology and use concepts in technology. Research has shown that the learning of concepts and the…

Raises the question of the philosophical base of a liberal technology education, assuming that it cannot be provided simply by an engineer's perspective. Suggests a series of questions for reconstructing the cultural meaning of technology and a structural model that shows how meaning is generated through a variety of social relationships;…

Explores several engineering concepts as the basis of teaching programs for schools, examines ways in which these concepts are modified and adapted to technical and vocational education, and identifies consequences for teacher education. Focuses on the transformation of models in academic disciplines and extracts knowledge useful for decision…

Highlights the status of the technical-education system in India, focusing on the World Bank Assisted Project for strengthening technical-teacher training. Objectives, issues confronting, policy adopted for, and project components related to technical-teacher training are discussed, as well as categories of this type of training. Problems with the…