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Peer reviewedWestergaard, John – Studies in Higher Education, 1991
This paper challenges British proposals to concentrate research funding in select universities. Such a policy would reinforce social inequalities of opportunity thus frustrating the purpose of widening student access. Quality teaching, especially in the social sciences, requires teacher engagement in research. Universities should reappraise the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedMahony, David – Studies in Higher Education, 1992
This paper examines the background and implementation of the recent Australian decision to move from a binary to a unitary system of higher education based upon the universities and how the federal government's economic and efficiency goals for higher education greatly accelerated the demise of the dual structure. (GLR)
Descriptors: Colleges, Economic Climate, Educational Change, Educational Policy
