Online asynchronous courses constitute a significant portion of Tulane University's School of Continuing Studies (SCS) curriculum. Online instruction is sufficiently important to the School of Continuing Studies that it merited special attention in the form of a two-year review to ensure its quality. The review identified and implemented different…

An economically healthy continuing education institution thrives or declines on its ability to offer courses that sufficient numbers of students want to enroll in and do in timely fashion. A key metric associated with this is the percentage of courses offered in any given quarter that are cancelled. Low cancellation rates contribute to…

Within the broad context of its National Human Resource Development Strategy (2001) the South African government has implemented two pieces of legislation, namely the Skills Development Act (Act 97 of 1998), an attempt to boost the nation's productivity by increasing skills levels in the workplace, and the Skills Development Levies Act (Act 9 of…

Argues that the notion of leadership is difficult and potentially dangerous, particularly when related to academic matters. If applied to initiative, concern for exactitude, provision of a role model and authority, then leadership is a description of academic work generally. While the concept of academic leadership is inimical to knowledge…

The Teaching Goals Inventory was completed by 336 of 484 part-time faculty from a research university, public college, college serving working adults, and community college. Teaching goals varied by type of institution, discipline, gender, quantitative/qualitative nature of the course, and course level. Differences also appeared in comparison to…

The former Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education and Science in Great Britain discusses a fundamental question for those concerned with all forms of postsecondary education. Focus is on the value of education for adults and the quality of that education. (LBH)

The factors influencing student choice of an admission to three institutions are examined. A survey of entering full-time first degree students set out to compare: factors influencing decisions to enter higher education, sources of information which influenced decisions, pattern of applications, and factors influencing final choice. (Author/MLW)

Changes that have taken place in British higher education are discussed, with focus on developments in the polytechnics, in teacher training, and in the emergence of new institutions of higher education. The emergence of the service tradition is traced and a new education theory for academic development is outlined. (Author/JMD)

The kind of education needed after the industrial and social revolutions is discussed by the director of Leeds Polytechnic. Focus is on a critical review of the immediate educational inheritance, a personal outline of the relevant realities of the world in terms of technology and design, and an approach to a more creative educational pattern.…

The president of Staten Island Community College, New York, describes the tension between greater equality of opportunity and the quest for excellence in the two-year colleges of the U.S. (Editor)

Current American concern for educational quality is discussed. The roots of quality problems are found in early American educational history and what is seen as a continuing emphasis on education as training. (MSE)

A problem-based professional education curriculum in science and technology, designed to promote professional competence in graduates, is exemplified in Australia's University of Newcastle program. (MSE)

New management structures are needed in universities to promote better relationships with industry. There are great potential benefits to the institution, but good management and organizational communication are key elements in an effective and productive relationship. (MSE)

Britain's proposed plans for reform of higher education are criticized for lack of historical perspective on the nature and cultivation of culture and intellect, removal of institutional autonomy, and irresponsible government intervention. (MSE)

New understanding of the aging process and adult developmental psychology, particularly of feeling among older people of loss of control over their lives, suggests that higher education for older adults must go beyond simply providing mental activity to providing opportunities for renewed social relationships and accomplishment of substantial…