Investigates two links in the quasi-market for English secondary schools: (1) the link between attracting students to a school and financial rewards; and (2) the link between changes in student roll and the educational performance and social background of the students already at the school. Addresses the findings in detail. (CMK)

Argues that there are four senses of understanding that are relevant to the possibility of educating for tolerance and consensus in situations of diversity in beliefs and attitudes. Contends that education in understanding, by teachers sensitive to the abilities of children, could make a contribution to the promotion of tolerance. (CMK)

Explains that the English Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) has built an extensive database of information through inspections of secondary schools. Analyzes various factors from database scales at the school and student levels through factor analysis. Explains that the findings indicate the usefulness of the OFSTED database for school…

Examines the similarities and differences in the methodologies and findings of six projects that investigated the statutory testing of 11-year-old children in England and Wales. Reveals a similarity of results despite a diversity of methods. Reviews the findings in relation to other research and provides suggestions for future research methods.…

Examines and discusses two views of political economy: (1) the classical model of Adam Smith; and (2) the social capitalist model associated with Friedrich List. Explores two varieties of vocational education and training that emerge from a comparison of Smith's and List's ideas. (CMK)

Examines the attempts by the British to democratize post-war Germany through educational reform focusing on the controversy over 're-education' as opposed to 'educational reconstruction' as applied to German universities and their connection to adult education. Highlights approaches towards educational policy and cultural assumptions. Indicates…

Examines various criticisms of school effectiveness research, arguing that school effectiveness research needs to provide (1) justification for the interpretations of "effectiveness" defined as the unexplained part of performance in a statistical model and (2) a clearer conception of why certain relationships exist. Concludes by addressing the…

Explores some of the complexities involved in trying to uncover the determinants of school success. Focuses on two inner-city London (England) secondary schools. Addresses various differences between the schools in terms of management and teaching and considers the implications of the schools' social, material, and discursive environments. (CMK)

Addresses the Welsh school-effect in which schools in Wales generally have lower school outcome measures compared to England although the growing number of Welsh medium schools in South Wales are doing better. Suggests an alternative way of analyzing school performance data that leads to the opposite conclusion on both propositions. (CMK)

Provides a description of lifelong learning and considers four policy reports related to lifelong learning: (1) "Learning Works: Widening Participation in Further Education"; (2) "Higher Education in the Learning Society"; (3) "Learning for the Twenty-First Century"; and (4) "The Learning Age." Focuses on how the documents interpret lifelong…

Examines the scale of drop-outs across colleges. Considers appropriate analytical treatments in a number of colleges in the further education funded sector and investigates the resource effects. Identifies prior achievements of enrollments as a major factor of non-retention in courses and discusses some of the educational implications of the…

The 1998 presidential address for the Association for the Study of Higher Education shares comments of graduate students in higher education. Suggests that both students and faculty desire a learning community based on an ethic of caring and love in a classroom context. (DB)

Examines a specific program termination (in social work) to determine how universities interpret and apply the goals of their strategic plans. Finds that institutional actors hold different perceptions of the strategic plan goals and their relevance to the terminated program. Suggests that colleges and universities need to clarify strategic plan…

A longitudinal case study examined how Indiana University stimulated innovative activities aligned with the strategic plan by using competitive internal incentive grants. Identified five themes, noting that negative/positive attitudes toward the funding process were related to being funded (or not), and that the legitimacy of the strategic…

Examined how traditional-age, residential, first-year students (n=23) use e-mail and found that, although students used e-mail extensively, only a limited amount of their correspondence enhanced academic or social integration. Classification of messages (n=4,603) indicated that 10.2 percent of e-mail messages went to professors or classmates,…