Focuses on the evaluation capacity building (ECB) outreach activities of the World Bank with regard to provision of advice and assistance to individual governments. The primary story is that of the ECB lessons learned through working with a range of governments; the secondary story is how ECB is becoming a recognized and valued activity within the…

Describes the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN), a satellite-driven global communication system developed by the World Bank to help developing countries fight poverty and share in a global exchange of information. Explains Distance Learning Centers that are used by private and public organizations and institutions for distance education…

This article reports on the 1989 first International Conference on the Postsecondary Education of Deaf Students held in Edmonton, Alberta, October 18-20, 1989. National perspectives and model programs from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Nigeria, Australia, West Germany, and a Central American coalition are briefly noted. (PB)

This annotated bibliography lists nine items retrieved from the ERIC database that deal with networks and library cooperation at the local, national, and international levels. Instructions for placing orders for copies of these items are provided. (CLB)

An analysis of the way international comparative research is conducted highlights the limits and contradictions of exchange procedures and mechanisms between science, decision making, and policy implementation while emphasizing the importance of a comparative approach for apprenticeship. (Author/JOW)

Explores the open information interchange (OII) initiative to promote the use of standards in the exchange of information in electronic form. Activities in the European Community, including the IMPACT (Information Market Policy Actions) programs, are described; the information economy and the information market are considered; and information…

Describes the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) developed by higher education institutions in the United Kingdom to benefit from collective activity in the area of new technologies for learning and teaching. The development of technology-based materials, implementation approaches, overseas promotion, and a support network are…

Describes the career of Don Carl Smellie who has exerted leadership in the promotion of new technologies for instruction in education, industry, and government. Discusses his founding of the Department of Instructional Technology at Utah Sate University (USU) and its efforts in distance education, technological innovation, international service,…

The United Nations University (UNU) is an international academic organization which brings together leading international scholars to tackle world problems. This article describes for South African scholars, institutions, governments, and their agencies the importance of the work being undertaken by the UNU and encourages their participation. (EV)

Illustrates how and why the link between internationalization and quality assurance in higher education is being established by looking at developments that suggest convergence between the two. Emphasizes the implications of wider international developments on Europe as a whole, and elaborates implications for quality assurance of the Bologna…

This issue has presented seven previous chapters on international program evaluation standards. Chapter One defined terms and identified major themes. Subsequent chapters examined evaluation standards created in North America, Europe, and Africa; those contemplated in Australasia; and the evaluation standards created by the European Commission and…

The internationalization of higher education has led to changing roles for academics, including opportunities to participate in international projects. The extent to which academics feel prepared to enter this arena has received little attention. This study examines women academics' perceptions of barriers to, facilitators of, and career benefits…

This article reports on reactions to the U.S. Department of Education's first time decision to sit out an international study designed to show how advanced high school students around the world measure up in math and science. Mark S. Schneider, the commissioner of the department's National Center for Education Statistics, which normally takes the…

This paper looks at the context in which preparations are under way for CONFINTEA VI, the next UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education. The last CONFINTEA was in 1997, and ever since, a series of international conferences and initiatives dealing with adult and continuing, non-formal and out-of-school education, literacy and basic…

This article describes the design and implementation of a unique course developed to deeply engage MBA students in the complexities of the field of international management. This experiential course was designed around an integrative project based on the cruise industry. The professor worked with the leadership team of a major cruise line to…