变革与绩效:高等教育的质量保障

随着高等教育规模和数量的扩大，世界各国都越来越关注高等教育的绩效和质量保障，采用各种方法来进行质量控制。文章介绍各国的经验和做法，指出由于高等教育的复杂性，不可能只有一个质量保障的方法，而由于每种方法都有其缺陷，评价绩效和质量保障必须采用多种方法。     

“角逐卓越”:美国奥巴马政府中小学教育改革新动向

美国的奥巴马总统在2009年提出了"角逐卓越"计划,以竞赛的方式评定各州的基础教育改革计划,并以此来分配改革基金,以期在全国范围内促进教育质量的提升。2010年的首次实施取得了预期的效果,极大地促进了各州在竞争机制下创新改革教育的积极性,并在保持教育分权的基础上有效地引导了各州教育的发展方向,但同时也存在着各州间实际差异考虑不足的问题。     

Cases of Censorship in Public Libraries: Loudoun County,VA

ABSTRACT

In 1998, a group of adult library patrons and individuals in Loudoun County, Virginia, brought a suit against library trustees, board members, and the director of the county’s public library, claiming that the library’s use of Internet blocking software was an infringement on their First Amendment rights, leading to the federal court case Mainstream Loudoun v. Board of Trustees of the Loudoun County Library (1998). Using an in-depth case study approach and going beyond a review of the court documents, the author uses a series of qualitative interviews with individuals connected to the court case to gather more in-depth information regarding events surrounding this case of censorship in public libraries and investigate the phenomenon of librarians acting as censors themselves.