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VOLUME 35 NUMBER1 MARCH 1999 Notes and Comments 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 Education Performance of the United States: is there a problem that money can fix? PETE GOLDSCHMIDT & THERESE S. EYERMANN Researching the Implementation of Educational Policy: a backward mapping approach CAROLINE DYER Education ‘Decentralization’ Processes in Mexico and Nicaragua: legislative versus ministry-led reform strategies ALEC IAN GERSHBERG Rationalisation and Professionalisation: a comparison of the transfer of registered nurse education to higher education in Australia and the UK BECKY FRANCIS & JOHN HUMPHREYS 81 Book Reviews 97 Notes on Contributors 105 VOLUME 35 NUMBER2 JUNE 1999 Special Number (21), Edited by Karen Evans, Peter Jarvis & Edmund King 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 XIAOBO 119 Risky Voyages: navigating changes in the organisation of work and education in Eastern Germany KAREN EVANS, MARTINA BEHRENS & JENS KALUZA 131 VOLUME 35 NUMBER1 MARCH 1999 Notes and Comments 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 Education Performance of the United States: is there a problem that money can fix? PETE GOLDSCHMIDT & THERESE S. EYERMANN Researching the Implementation of Educational Policy: a backward mapping approach CAROLINE DYER Education ‘Decentralization’ Processes in Mexico and Nicaragua: legislative versus ministry-led reform strategies ALEC IAN GERSHBERG Rationalisation and Professionalisation: a comparison of the transfer of registered nurse education to higher education in Australia and the UK BECKY FRANCIS & JOHN HUMPHREYS 81 Book Reviews 97 Notes on Contributors 105 VOLUME 35 NUMBER2 JUNE 1999 Special Number (21), Edited by Karen Evans, Peter Jarvis & Edmund King 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 XIAOBO 119 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 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 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 Educating for Uncertainty in a Changing World: issues within an Australian remote indigenous context PAT TORRES & ALLAN ARNOTT U3As in Australia and New Zealand: society’s $4 million bonanza RICHARD SWINDELL Global Trends in Lifelong Learning and the Response of the Universities PETER JARVIS Notes on Contributors VOLUME 35 NUMBER3 NOVEMBER 1999 Notes and Comments 267 Combining Market and Bureaucratic Control in Education: an answer to market and bureaucratic failure? VINCENT VANDENBERGHE Market Mechanisms in Education: school choice in The Netherlands, England and Scotland in a comparative perspective CHRISTINE TEELKEN 283 Neoliberal Education Reform in The Netherlands SJOERD KARSTEN 303 Intercultural Perspective and Knowledge for Equity in the Mercosul Countries: limits and potentials in educational policies ANA CANEN & NIGEL GRANT 319 School Enrolment Patterns in Rural Ghana: a comparative study of the impact of location, gender, age and health on children’s access to basic schooling ALICIA FENTIMAN, ANDREW HALL & DONALD BUNDY 331 In Memoriam Raymond Ryba WOLFGANG MITTER 351 Book Reviews 355 Notes on Contributors 363 Title-page and Contents, Volume 35 365