Sierra Leone, a country the size of South Carolina on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, was once known as the "Athens of West Africa." Today, the Republic is recovering from a 10-year war that ended in 2002. When the author, Alusine Kanu, who holds a doctorate of arts in community college education from Virginia's George Mason University…

The community junior college clearly has a potential for making uniquely important contributions to the reconstruction, rehabilitation, and economic development of Vietnam. (Author)

This paper reports on research conducted to determine if United States' community college model can be applied to higher education systems in developing countries. The author examined Vietnam's higher education system and conducted a case study of Can Tho University (CTU) in the Mekong Delta. First, common characteristics found among community…

Based on the premise that a well articulated island-wide program of vocational-technical education at the post secondary level can provide much of the impetus for socio-economic progress in Puerto Rico, this study is devoted to elaborating the master plan for an educational system consisting of 2-year comprehensive community colleges. Following an…

Discusses preconditions for exporting community colleges to developing countries, the historical development of higher education in Latin America, and the current favorable political and economic climate for housing colleges. Suggests using Argentina as a testing-ground for the community college system. (11 citations) (VWC)

This monograph describes and analyzes recent developments in national tertiary education institutions in the seven countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Monserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Following prefatory materials, chapter 1 asks if…

This four-part report summarizes the efforts of the Organization of American States (OAS) to promote multilateral cooperation in the area of vocational education and then briefly examines the potential role of community colleges in the United States with regard to these cooperative endeavors. Part I delineates the origins, mandates, and funding…

The "communiversity" concept was developed as a model for non-university, post-secondary, technical education on the African continent. The prototypes of the communiversity are associate-degree-granting institutions, such as technical colleges, university branches, and community colleges. Like these institutions, the communiversity's…

This volume contains 15 papers on higher education in 13 East Asian societies as well as the region as a whole, including analysis of leading issues such as tyranny versus democracy and state-funded versus proprietary higher education. Following an editorial by A. H. Yee, the papers include: "The University of Tokyo: The Graduate School…

This review of literature was written in preparation for conducting a research study on the U.S. community college system as a potential model for developing countries, and using Vietnam as a specific case. It is divided into four sections: (a) a discussion of the purposes of higher education (HE), (b) an examination of problems faced by the HE…

This document presents the details of 10 projects concerning the education and training of the Palestinian people that were approved for funding by the Executive Board of UNESCO in October 1990. The objectives, justification, beneficiaries, and costs of each project are listed. The projects involve the following concerns: (1) Development of…