Preparing the Way for Reform in Higher Education: Drawing Upon the Resources of the Community-at-Large
Higher education is being asked to pay more attention to student learning and to contribute to the enhancement of the social and economic conditions of the community it serves. As a result, educational institutions will no longer be self-contained. Community members and organizations have become not only critical partners in framing the goals and intentions of the educational reform movement, but they also have assets that must be tapped by educational institutions that wish to implement change and respond to social needs.
Three Scenarios for Higher Education: The California Case.
S ince 1960 when the Master Plan for public higher education was initiated, California has operated a three-tier system of two-year community colleges, four-year state universities, and research universities. The promise of the Master Plan—to admit any student who can benefit from postsecondary education—has for the most part been met. But now, under the pressure of serious budget cuts, the promise is being broken for tens of thousands of students who are being turned away from full or cancelled courses. This paper addresses public postsecondary education in Califor-nia over the next 15 years. It's clear that the pattern of support for public higher education has to change. But how? Perhaps an economic recovery will restore lagging tax revenues and cash will flow into education once again. Or perhaps new sources of revenue can be found to supplement student fees and tax dollars. Or perhaps technology will come to the rescue by reducing the costs and increasing the quality of learning. These are not the only possibilities confronting educational planners in California. What will it mean to have a wholly new legislature now that term limitation has been voted into law? How will the further globalization of the economy affect education? How will the changing demographics of California influence the shape of higher education? James Ogilvy is a former professor of philosophy at Yale and Williams College and co-founder of the Global Business Network. He is the author of Many Dimensional Man, the co-author of Seven Tomorrows, and the editor of Self and Worth and Revisioning Philosophy. Ogilvy has also headed ''Values and Lifestyles'' research at SRI International.
Good elementary education
Abstract The aim of this study is to identify good elementary education standards that would contribute to the elimination of inequalities in the implementations regarding the utilization -and making it utilized- of the right to elemetary education. Being a descriptive one, this study attempted to identify the definitions and explanations of the right to education in universal documents by a review of literature. The study then attempted to explain the drawbacks concerning the protection and the utilization of the right to education. The study proposes some standards such as accessibility, content, operation so as to eliminate the obstacles hindering the utilization of the right to elementary education.