COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 1, MARCH 1999

Notes and Comments 5

Comparing England) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: the case for 'home
internationals' in comparative research
DAVID RAFFE, KAREN BRANNEN, LINDA CROXFORD & CHRIS MARTIN 9


International Educational Performance of the United States: is there a problem
that money can fix?
PETE GOLDSCHMIDT & THERESE S. EYERMANN 27

Researching the Implementation of Educational Policy: a backward mapping
approach
CAROLINE DYER 45

Education 'Decentralization, Processes in Mexico and Nicaragua: legislative
versus ministry-led reform strategies
ALEC IAN GERSHBERG 63

Rationalisation and Professionalisation: a comparison of the transfer of regis-
tered nurse education to higher education in Australia and the UK
BECKY FRANCIS & JOHN HUMPHREYS 81

Book Reviews 97

Notes on Contributors 105

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COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 2, JUNE 1999

LIFELONG LEARNING AND THE EDUCATION OF MATURE ADULTS

Notes and Comments 107

Education Revised for a World in Transformation
EDMUND KING 109

From Training to Education. Lifelong learning in China
CHENG KAI-MING, JIN XINHUO & GU XlAOBO 1 19

Risky Voyages: navigating changes in the organisation of work and education in
Eastern Germany
KAREN EVANS, MARTINA BEHRENS & JENS KALUZA 131

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning: new developments in Russia
JOSEPH ZAJDA 151

Lifelong Learning and Underemployment in the Knowledge Society: a North
American perspective
D. w. LIVINGSTONE 163

Women Chief Executives and their Approaches Towards Equity in American
Universities
BEVERLY LINDSAY 187

Lifelong Learning: new opportunities for women in a Muslim country (Iran)
GOLNAR MEHRAN 201

New Challenges and Opportunities for Lifelong Learning in South Africa
SHIRLEY WALTERS 217

Educating for Uncertainty in a Changing World: issues within an Australian
remote indigenous context
PAT TORRES & ALLAN ARNOTT 225

U3As in Australia and New Zealand: society's $4 million bonanza
RICHARD SWINDELL 235

Global Trends in Lifelong Learning and the Response of the Universities
PETER JARVIS 249

Notes on Contributors 259

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