Nearly a year ago, "NEJHE" launched its "New Directions for Higher Education" series to examine emerging issues, trends and ideas that have an impact on higher education policies, programs and practices. In this installment, Philip DiSalvio interviews Judith S. Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation…

In "Learning to Leave," Michael Corbett argues that: (1) education has served as a tool to disassociate students--both physically and culturally--from the places from which they come, particularly if they are from rural places, in effect creating an ambivalence toward education; (2) the ways in which individuals express this ambivalence…

Privatization is a spectrum along which public institutions operate. As the share of public investment in their operations declines, institutions are increasingly required to function in the competitive marketplace and so become increasingly privatized. In this article, former University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall and…

It has been exactly twenty years since the term "university rankings" came into being in China, and people have become relatively rational about the process, after an impetuous beginning. In a sense, the appearance of university rankings in China indicates the birth of something new, or the beginning of social voices in higher education…

Summarizes the conclusions reached by 336 people representing 22 Catholic educational organizations during a Delphi exercise sponsored by the Catholic Education Futures Project. Presents the participants' consensus concerning technological influences on society, the future of the Catholic Church, religious education, Catholic schools, education in…

Presents the first William Walker Oration given to the the New England Association for Educational Administration in Armidale, Australia. Following a history of the establishment of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, the role of leadership in the education system is described; particularly the transformational leadership. (22…

Among the forces influencing business education are (1) changes in the nature of work, the workplace, and the labor force; (2) technology; (3) a global economy; and (4) competition from corporate training systems and alternative information sources. (JOW)

Observes that little energy education work has been done since the early 1980s. Recommends teaching about (1) the coming transition from petroleum to other energy sources; (2) the time and policy decisions involved in the transition; (3) the need to avoid reliance upon a single, simple solution to energy problems; and (4) the link between energy…