Number 1, May 1995
Specials: Ministerial
Reflections
It is
rare that scholars are appointed to positions of political power. Recently,
two colleagues who are specialists in higher education were appointed to ministerial
positions in their countries. Their commenst on their experiences in political
office provide a unique perspective on the realities of policy-making, and perhaps
on the difficulties of linking research and public policy. Each author is a
distinguished educator and researcher. Both were part of the research team that
is responsible for the first international study of the academic profession,
the Carnegie Survey of the Academic Profession in 14 Countries. Ernesto Schiefelbein
has been a senior educational researcher in Chile for several decades, and is
well known for his writings on Latin American and Chilean education. Sungho
Lee, who has held top administrative and teaching posts at Yonsei University
in Korea, is one of Korea's most respected higher education researchers.
--Editor