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Peer reviewedHalls, W. D. – Oxford Review of Education, 1985
The prime aim of the university should not be to promote national economic ends. The university should be an instrument of culture with general civilizing purposes. University autonomy in Great Britain is being threatened by the state. The proper relation between the university and government is an arm's length one. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedGellert, Claudius – Oxford Review of Education, 1985
How financial restrictions and conservative policies have affected the quality and the functioning of higher education in England and West Germany is analyzed. Also discussed is how in both countries the institutional dependency on the state has increased or is being enlarged through changes in the politics of higher education. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedTilford, Roger – Oxford Review of Education, 1985
British universities remain autonomous and continue to act as effective agencies of political socialization. The historical ambivalence in the structure of the German university between academic freedom and state regulation remains, inhibiting the German university's value as an agency of political socialization. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
