Describes the role of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in solving world problems such as the widening gulf between developed and developing nations, undernourishment, acquiring materials for industrialization, and environmental protection. CMEA is a collective organization of socialist countries which helps plan and control…

Problems in teaching language communication to the congenitally deaf child are discussed in this essay, and then suggestions are offered for providing mental development, development of verbal and associative memory, sensory training, and training in abstract reasoning. (LBH)

Reports on the industrialization of Puerto Rico--the social, political, and economic influences, the past failures, recent developments, and the plans for the future. (BB)

Reviews the use of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) in engineering education. (SL)

The project aids able students from countries that have no physics Ph.D. programs (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand) to obtain assistantships and Ph.D.'s abroad, assists in the technological development of those countries, and helps U.S. schools in selecting the most promising foreign candidates. (BB)

This essay is a first attempt to delineate the different threads woven into the conceptual tapestry of comparative education in North America, and some of the socio-political values that have pervaded basic research and policy recommendations. (Author)

Famines and their relationships with food supply and availability are discussed. The fallacy associated with amount of food per capita and the amount of food available for consumption is noted. Exchange entitlements, the means by which food is transfered in a society, and their relationships to governmental organization are discussed. (CP)

An account is given of the growth of education in Indian schools in the last 25 years, of the place of biology in the curriculum, the facilities available, and of the qualifications and methods of training of biology teachers. (Author/MA)

Discusses problems and pragmatic solutions of scientific research, technological development, and human resource development in Latin American countries. (SL)

Discusses the background, organization, success, problems, and functions of the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, for producing human resources for the harnessing of scientific technology. The fellowship program supports study by students both at home and abroad. (SL)

Describes the commitment of Unesco to developing adult education programs worldwide. Discussed are historical background, objectives and strategies, program content, and relationship between adult education and other educational branches of the social environment. (AV)

A description of a UNESCO-sponsored international program to make available to developing nations the graduate courses in science and technology offered in developed nations' universities gives information on the background, organization, and objectives of the network and the courses offered through it. (MSE)

Examines case studies of special public works programs in five countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Rwanda, Nepal, and United Republic of Tanzania) that included afforestation projects, anti-erosion works, and the building of reservoirs. Discusses program design, implementation, and impact. (CH)