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Cowper, Henry – European Journal of Education, 1986
Dissatisfaction and upheaval among Scottish teachers is due to public policy that keeps teacher education, and thus education in general, a low priority. (MSE)
Descriptors: Activism, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Cowper, Henry; Pickard, Willis – European Journal of Education, 1981
Some features of present-day Scottish education with particular emphasis on the articulation between secondary and postsecondary sectors are examined. A disturbingly large proportion of young people leave school at 16 and cease to have any further contact with education of any kind. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Dropouts, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Neave, Guy; Cowper, Henry – European Journal of Education, 1979
The development of the Scottish higher education system over the past century is reviewed. Institutional and administrative structures, growth patterns, and problems that face higher education in Scotland are examined with specific reference to its relationship with higher education throughout the United Kingdom. (BH)
Descriptors: College Administration, Colleges, Comparative Education, Educational History
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Neave, Guy; Cowper, Henry – European Journal of Education, 1979
Analyzes higher education in Scotland in terms of its history and administrative structure and in light of the myths and beliefs about the traditional Scottish university. Differences from English universities are stressed. Journal available from Editor, Gabriel Fragniere, Institute of Education, 60 rue de la Concorde, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries