This report to the Australian Commission on Advanced Education is intended as a basis for discussion by those who have the responsibility for making program and policy decisions in continuing education in Australia's colleges of advanced education. Though the idea that education is continuous with life is coming to be widely accepted…

The only non-western member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development presents special opportunities and difficulties for Western observers of its public policies in the areas of employment, manpower, and labor market. While Japan is clearly moving toward a more Western type of labor market, differences remain in employment…

The concept of population education has recently been broadened to include educational programs throughout formal and nonformal education settings. The scope and emphasis of population education is discussed, and a schematic matrix is presented for analyzing and planning the content of population education programs. The current status of school…

In this document, the author traces the history of, explains the revisions to, and points up the political issues involved in the National School Lunch Act of 1964 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The author cites research that establishes the adverse effect of malnutrition on the learning process, outlines basic concepts for nutrition…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a document which examines the general characteristics of education in Egypt with special reference to the utilization and application of the results of contemporary science; planning for the future; education as a continuing process; the individual and the struggle…

This booklet is one of a series primarily intended for those engaged in or preparing for educational planning and administration, especially in developing countries; and for those government officials and civic leaders who seek a more general understanding of educational planning and its role in overall national development. The text is concerned…

The medical library needs of Indonesia were surveyed and recommendations for improving the existing situation are made based on the results of the survey. The survey indicates that: (1) the library collections are out of date and inadequate, (2) there is a need for more and better trained medical librarians and library assistants; (3) there is no…

The second national course by newspaper entitled "In Search of the American Dream" was given by the University of California, San Diego (Extension) starting in September 1974. Eighteen articles by eminent scholars appeared weekly in 232 newspapers, and approximately 3,500 persons enrolled in the course for credit through 163…

Japan is taking her place as a bastion of apparent linguistic stability. The basic concept used in this paper is "language correction." The assumption is that generative rules of language produce inadequate communicative acts that may be corrected through corrective rules. Japan in the last century has passed through a number of…

The article describes China's alternative to Western technical education, a national program of industry-based education for experienced workers called "July 21st Workers Colleges" (from a 1968 statement by Mao). Regular universities and colleges may assist these Workers Colleges, where classes may be full time or part time. (MF)

Describes a national program to help local education authorities and volunteer organizations provide literacy education to adults in England, Wales, and Scotland. Included are priorities and needs, grant allocation, structure and staff, recruitment of volunteers, participants, and some problems and potential. (MF)

Serving as a reference for parents and professionals who live and work with disabled children, this resource section lists state directors of special education, national disability-related organizations (United States and Canada), parent coalition groups, government agencies; professional organizations, a calendar of annual meetings, and a…

Describes the background of the Linked Systems Project, which is designed to link existing bibliographic utilities into a national system of machine-readable bibliographic data and discusses directions being taken by the library community and why the OSI architecture was selected as the system protocol. (CLB)

In order to gain a perspective on how civil servants may influence the present movement toward a national curriculum, Proctor examines how civil servants influenced the shaping of the curriculum during the early 1900s by examining the fate of one school subject--geography. Depicts the ways decisions were made and the attitudes and prejudices of…

Swedish reform in higher education during 1950-1980 is presented in a time-line perspective. Different stages are discussed in relation to a technical, bureaucratic and social model of educational planning. An evaluation approach with a life-line methodology is presented as well as some results. (Author/LMO)