A number of UK universities prioritize economic development or regeneration activities and for some of these universities such activities are the main focus of their knowledge transfer work. This study compares two regions of the UK--the North West and the South East of England--which have very different levels of economic performance.…

Prepared at the request of the Advisory Systems Committee of the Ontario Universities' Library Cooperative System, this report presents the results of study of the feasibility of a bilingual regional system for maps, or alternatively, the possibility of adapting the Guelph system to CARTESS. The report is presented in three sections: (1) a…

Six evaluations of vocational training (VT) in a territorial context (TC) that were conducted in Italy, France, Portugal, Germany, Great Britain, and Spain were compared for the purposes of constructing a coherent synthesis of the issues developed in them, establishing strategic vectors for the construction of a reference framework for the…

This comparison deals with the impact of federal or regional control on certain aspects of educational provision, using case studies of Canada and Brazil. Despite the disparate situations of the two countries, both are affected by the inability of national governments to deal effectively with some educational needs. (TJH)

This seventh volume of the bibliography contains 891 items. An introduction discusses previous volumes in the series, countries covered, and organization of the bibliography. Periodicals searched and the 20 categories used throughout the bibliography are listed. Selected items represent the broadest possible concept of adult education. The…

This annotated bibliography contains 1,033 entries describing English-language materials regarding adult education (AE) in continental Europe that were identified through a systematic search of 188 periodicals. Entries are arranged by country. Among the topics of the works included are the following: history of AE; comparative studies; state and…