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Singer, Martin – 1996
This report reviews development of Sino-Canadian academic relations over the past 25 years. It offers an overview of four periods of Sino-Canadian academic relations (1970-79, 1979-83, 1983-89, and 1989-95), and briefly describes a number of programs in six areas: (1) foreign trade and economic cooperation, (2) foreign affairs and international…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Canadian Studies, Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Kraus, Lewis E.; Henke, Robin R.; Nevill, Stephanie; Linnard, David; Pflueger, Jeff; Mattox, Tiffany – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2008
The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) sponsors four graduate fellowship programs: the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program, the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program, the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship …
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Federal Programs, Fellowships, Expertise
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
Reports from the California State University, the University of California, and the California community colleges consider their roles in the Pacific Rim region. The Pacific Rim includes all lands with at least a portion of their coastlines fronting on the Pacific Ocean. Of concern are: the need for changes in program offerings and exchange…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Programs, College Role, College Second Language Programs
United Nations Development Programme, Riga (Latvia). – 1996
This report, the second annual Human Development Report (HDR) for Latvia, investigates the accuracy of Latvia's 1995 ranking of 48th out of 174 countries in terms of human development in the most recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) global Human Development Report. The report also suggests measures that could significantly improve…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Citizenship, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Tickamyer, Ann R.; Tickamyer, Cecil – 1987
This report examines the causes and effects of Appalachian poverty, focusing on education, unemployment, social services, and economic development. The data in the report were extracted from the 1980 U.S. Census. Although there has been a steady decline in Appalachian poverty rates since the landmark 1964 declaration of a War on Poverty,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Change Strategies, Demography, Disadvantaged Environment
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. – 1983
The Department of Defense's (DOD) need for foreign language/area expertise was assessed, along with opportunities for the academic community to supplement government training. In addition to interviewing intelligence managers, questionnaires were administered to defense analysts to determine their background, training, and use of external…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Armed Forces, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Diplomats