The governments of the USA and the UK have identified similar challenges facing their higher education sectors. Both governments believe in the centrality of market forces in meeting higher education demand, with government and academia playing subordinate roles. The public purposes of higher education must be restated if the potentially negative…

What higher education state policy issues will be at the forefront of discussion and legislative activity throughout the United States in 2010? Provided herein is the consensus of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) state relations and policy analysis staff, informed by continual scanning of state policy activities,…

Linking teacher practice to pupil outcomes has proven challenging for teacher educators. Methodological problems occur when linking individual teacher actions with subsequent pupil performance, including substantial intervening variables, questions about appropriate measures of student learning, issues regarding the lack of test standardization…

This report of the Task Force on Urban/Metropolitan Schools begins with several key assumptions. The Task Force, a creation of two higher education presidential associations, assumes, like No Child Left Behind, that all children in this country deserve a good education, no matter where their school is located. Furthermore, and this is a key…

Early retirement program at Beloit College solves an age-old problem: How to handle teaching ineffectiveness of older faculty members. (Editor)

For the maximum output of a successful education, the author suggests the following steps: smaller classes, technological aids, and external examinations. (PG)

The university does not need research so much as research needs the university. (Editor)

The master teacher is much more valuable than the consummate researcher. (Author)

Agassiz, one of the first great naturalists, who made significant contributions in geology, natural history, and medicine as well, is discussed with regard to his imaginative and creative teaching methods. (LBH)

A study of the effectiveness of teaching assistants is reported with many direct quotations from the 534 suggestions received. Topics included attitudes, teaching quality, amount of responsibility, availability, coordination with professors, evaluation, knowledge of subject matter, and mastery of English language by foreign assistants. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses the variables in 3 sections: variables associated with the character of the instructional process, variables associated with the participants in the instructional process, and variables related to the environment of the instructional process. (Author/PG)

The Agree/Disagree Discussion Guide is a typed guide with specific statements based on a topic. It may be used as a technique of getting every person in the class thinking, involved, and sharing. (Author/PG)

Lecturing may be considered necessary viewed from three perspectives: for inspiration, for demonstration of models, and for clarification. (Author/PG)