The competitive culture of adolescent mothers and the sociodemographic characteristics that explain the formation and diffusion of this culture are examined. Data were gathered during a 3-year participant-observation study of mothers enrolled in a high school program for adolescent parents. Implications of findings for counseling and for policy…

In today's competitive atmosphere, certain marketing opportunities are often overlooked. Educators can attract students and parents to their school by publicizing the school's location, making the building's main entrance visible and inviting, having visitor parking available and accessible, and instructing office staff to greet visitors. (MLH)

Considers notions of the market in British higher education. Suggests that the economic market commoditizes higher education into accreditations earned. Suggests the notion is inadequate to represent achievements of higher level learners. Proposes a conception of higher education as a conversation by respectful and involved colleagues who seek to…

Discusses how new technologies and an emerging international preference for "original" American or British business qualifications threatens Australian programs. Concludes that programs should develop a specialized "antipodean" or uniquely Australian business education, allowing differentiation of Australian business programs…

Reviews educational reforms being made in an era of economic restructuring, including those driven by competitiveness, those made in response to reduced public funding for education, and those made to improve education's role in social mobility and equalization. Suggests an alternative model based on newly industrialized Asian countries. (SK)

Interviews with 50 Mexican craftworkers and their families identified their marketing strategies and their impact on community welfare. Results confirmed the need for improving marketing knowledge and entrepreneurship and the necessity of changing attitudes to accept competition, which represents a cultural change. (SK)

Five teams of postgraduate business students in three countries participate din a business strategy simulation game using e-mail and videoconferencing. The pilot study showed the need for technical support and a game administrator and the importance of making simulated competition conditions as realistic as possible to enable transfer of learning.…

Offers an essay by children's author and artist Peter Catalanotto. Argues that contests and competitions stunt creative growth. Maintains that there is no "best" in art; all children should feel confident to add artistic adventuring to their lives; and the joy and lasting value of creativity is in the discovery of process, and in creating from the…

Explores the relationship between immigration and labor market demand in metropolitan areas using information about the occupational distribution of recent immigrants and natives to analyze circumstances under which the two groups compete with or complement each other. Overall, many immigrants fill occupational niches that would not exist in their…

Explores how U.S. higher education's number one position over the last century is threatened as institutions struggle to deal with rising expectations from students and employers, which are producing chronic fiscal problems feared to be eroding the quality of teaching and research. (EV)

Analyzed first, second, and third graders' invented games for type, complexity, and rule knowledge; compared game-rule knowledge to classroom-rule knowledge. Found two types of rules: conduct and procedural, indicating children perceive need for rules that tell how to play and that specify appropriate behavior (conduct rules resembled classroom…

Examined eating attitudes among 39 female college athletes from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools, 40 from NCAA Division II schools, and 31 nonathletes. Athletes at higher levels of competition showed more signs of pathological eating and were at increased risk of eating disorders. (SLD)

Explains benefits and drawbacks of having more than one family member in superintendent positions. Married couples sharing the same profession can identify with each others' problems, but should avoid unnecessary competition or advice giving. Showing support is appreciated. Second-generation superintendents may be a growing phenomenon. (MLH)

Seeks to locate and define flexibility as a globalizing and globalized policy metaphor. Explores flexibility within the growing debates about globalization of education policies and the metaphors deployed to frame these practices. Outlines metaphors' role in policy texts and related readings and understandings. (Contains 23 references.) (MLH)

Describes how Rhodes scholarships and other prestigious awards, once dominated by the Ivy League, are going to other colleges. Winning institutions are employing special advisers and programs to prepare competitors and lure top students and big donors. (EV)