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An account of Britain's' experiment with polytechnic schools, formed from existing technical colleges and other institutions in England and Wales. Describes changing policy aims, the nature of students and staff in the polytechnics, distinctive courses they developed, and the ways in which they were governed and funded. Examines whether the polytechnics fulfilled aims set for them in the 1960s, and extracts lessons from the experience for the future of higher education in Britain and in other countries with plural systems. For school administrators and students and scholars of higher education policy. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.