The idea that students might be treated as customers triggers academics' antipathy, which in turn can lead to managerial irritation and political frustration. There are different discourses which barely overlap as their protagonists speak past one another. This article argues that these differences can be reconciled by re-conceiving the…

Attempts to attain academic respectability for continuing higher education hinged on two arguments. The campus equivalence approach asserted that extension programs had equivalent rigor to campus programs. The adult learning approach argued that different qualities of adult students necessitated different criteria and goals reflecting adult…

A discussion of the trend toward part-time enrollment in higher education in Great Britain looks at part-time student characteristics and preparation, the relative enrollment rates for institution types, progress and failure data, and academic achievement in degree programs. (MSE)

The British government insists that all of its possible sources of ethnic minority teachers have problems that may reduce the supply. The government is caught in a trap created by its own attitudes about affirmative action and is obsessed by educational traditions that no longer work. (MSE)

The economic development goals of 12 South Asian countries and the means used to meet them through higher education are examined. It is concluded that the trend has brought greater educational opportunities, growing university involvement with the world outside academe, and possible over-reliance on the Japanese model. (MSE)

Academic standards at British Commonwealth African universities are considered and the relevance of Western academic traditions for the universities is discussed. It is concluded that building academic excellence is of greater importance than increasing manpower output. (MSE)

Four British higher education institutions' approaches to public relations and the theories on which they are based are examined and compared, with focus on recent change in public relations in the university sector and the contribution of each of the theories to its development. (MSE)

The versions of academic life portrayed in two recently published novels, "Small World" and "Coming from Behind," are compared and other aspects of the works' literary merit are discussed. (MSE)

The Association of American Colleges' recent critical report on the state of the college curriculum and its instruction is analyzed and its implications for educational reform are discussed. (MSE)

Patterns of college admission, attendance, fields of study, student background, and employment for women in Sri Lanka are examined. Sex stereotypes and lifelong sex-based socialization there are found to account for the lack of progress in women's employment and participation in higher education. (MSE)

Cooperative learning is a structured form of small group work based on interdependence, accountability, group processing, and social skills. In continuing education, cooperative learning can positively affect achievement, multiethnic relationships, self-esteem, retention, and attitudes. (SK)

The Finniston Report, which states that Britain has been unable to meet the engineering industry's requirements for professional and technical engineers, is discussed. The response is that the national government has been remiss in allocating funds to support quality professional engineering education. (MSE)

The Marxist theory of correspondence between education and the rest of society and the economy is summarized and analyzed in terms of capitalist systems. The conclusion reached is that the educational systems of the advanced capitalist societies are generally mismatched with the wider economies of which they are a part; that is, the correspondence…

The impact of completing a part-time degree course by one year of full-time study on the personal finances of the students is explored. Analysis indicates that students can normally increase their net incomes during the period of full-time study. (JMF)

Although "ProfScam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education," a harshly critical book by Charles J. Sykes, documents a perverse system in which research university faculty do little teaching and are too closely linked to industry, the book gives too little credit to the many institutions where teaching is highly valued. (MSE)