A discussion of the impact of an older college student population on European higher education looks at the organization of continuing education, part-time education, professional continuing education, distance learning, retirement programs for older adults, continuing education funding, staffing for no-credit education, centralized vs.…

Compiled for the benefit of library, archive, and information science schools for use in their information services and systems management courses, this reader is not meant to replace the already existing standard textbooks on this subject, but to provide a more international perspective than textbooks written with the information services of one…

This paper examines the problems of centralized academic-indicator systems in light of the move toward site-based management. Problems with current practice are examined in the framework of critical inquiry. Alternatives to current accountability guidelines are presented that harmonize positivism with critical inquiry, while respecting both local…