Can there be an introduction to X without an X to introduce? At first blush one might think not, but one should be forgiven for supposing that the philosophy of education proves one wrong. Here we have yet another Introduction to Philosophy of Education that introduces us to the introductions; when shall we ever find the real thing?

We all like to think we can make a difference.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has embarked on an ambitious development plan which presupposes various changes in its social and economic position. Universities elsewhere have been caught up in often radical reconstruction of their place in society. One question readers of this journal might reasonably ask of the World Bank Discussion Paper under review is whether its survey of higher education in Latin America can teach us in the English-speaking Caribbean any lessons.