Focusing on the British situation, this book stresses the evaluation of student learning and related issues. University of Notre Dame Press, 2000. The relationship between Catholic identity and academic traditions in Catholic universities is a perennial issue for debate. The current debate concerning Ex Corde Ecclesiae has heightened the discussion. This book considers changes in Catholic higher education in the United States in the light of current trends both in academe and in the Church.
Distance education is one of the major trends in higher education.
By focusing on five case study universities in the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Canada, and Israel, this book provides detailed information on such issues as the role of government in the development of distance education, support systems and services, innovative features, the curriculum, and others. This is one of the first detailed studies of how distance education works in a comparative framework. Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower , edited by Geoffry D. White. The growing links between business and universities have finally created a critical literature. This volume provides an extended critique of the various influences of business and corporate interests on American higher education.