Reviews the professional status of information scientists and reflects on the 40th anniversary of the Institute of Information Scientists. Topics include the information age in the United Kingdom, information services, essential personal competencies, intensifying competition, accelerating change, communication and information technologies, future…

Small colleges can be effective in consortial arrangements because they are more independent and often less fiercely competitive than larger institutions, making better personal relations possible. The Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley in northern New York, with four member institutions, has expanded student opportunities, shared…

Explores infrastructure developments in United Kingdom higher education that increase bandwidth to improve the flexibility and quality of education. Discusses distance education; competition; learning environment architecture; technology's impact; metropolitan area networks; wide area networks; asynchronous transfer mode; the socio-economic…

Based on conventional economic analysis, increasing competitive pressures on schools should promote greater curricular innovation and diversity. The United Kingdom's experience suggests that market-based reforms can initially create pressures to increase curriculum conformity in local schooling markets. Innovation incentives are greatest for…

Examines the changing relationship of Australian private schools to the academic curriculum over the period of 1947-1985. Attempts to demonstrate that the modernization of private non-Catholic schools in Australia supported the curriculum against pressures for reform and caused the growth of public schooling to be less effective. (CMK)

Questions designed to identify level of cooperative behavior in situations were answered by 132 business/economics majors and 169 education/nursing majors. Business/economics students act less cooperatively, but they become more cooperative as they progress through school. (SK)

Although ongoing conflicts in Northern Ireland are not simply about religion, the primary social division lies between the Protestant and Catholic communities. Currently, there are parallel school systems. Contracting markets, interschool competition, and decreasing government support for an integrated education system underline educators' need…

Turnover among college fundraisers and related administrators (alumni relations, publications) has been high, with some remaining in positions for less time than a major campaign takes to complete. Some feel fundraisers, particularly those in low- or mid-level positions, are competing for higher salaries, better titles, and career development…

Explores the impact that electronic business is likely to have on the growth of open and distance learning. Discusses global consortia and global virtual universities; technological developments, including Web qualities; value chains; pricing models; the importance of scale; operating efficiencies; and increasing competition. (Author/LRW)

Discusses how to create quality electronic learning initiatives in higher education involving multiple partners. Topics include the strategic planning process; technology; needs assessment; marketing and competition; the need for qualified staff; the redefinition of teaching and learning and the role of faculty; and the rapid pace for decision…

Reports that alternative and distance providers claim just 2% of the postsecondary market today, but a combination of pent-up demand, changes in the tax law, and today's E-commerce boom could quickly balloon that market share by a factor of ten, at which point larger transformations might take place. (PGS)

Summarizes a study examining the dynamics of a set of (British) education markets over a 39-month period. Secondary schools in three adjacent local education authorities served as laboratories for researching choice and competition. The market's disciplinary effects are clear. The education market reinforces opportunity advantages of middle-class…

Schools hoping to become communities must be sensitive to subcommunities serving as building blocks for the supracommunity. Cooperation/competition is a system for increasing effective subcommunities in schools and simultaneously increasing these groups' support for school goals (assisting the school's academic program). This article explains the…

This article argues for allowing disabled athletes to participate in interscholastic events in the most inclusive setting possible. A continuum of opportunities is described with benefits to all participants, disabled or able-bodied. Suggestions for coaches are offered including dealing with the issue of competition. An insert includes excerpts…

Discusses issues and trends in business education, including: globalization, partly mediated through the Internet; the rise of corporate and virtual universities; heightened competition among schools; finding and nurturing appropriate staff; achieving critical mass; serving the entire economy; working with relevant partners inside and outside the…