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Kaplan, Robert B. – International Educational Cultural Exchange, 1970
In paper read at the annual meeting of the National Association for foreign Student Affairs, Kansas City, April 29, 1970, author urges that instead of Americanizing foreign students, we should internationalize education on our own campuses. (IR)
Descriptors: Culture, Financial Support, Foreign Students, Human Resources
Pickarts, Evelyn M. – Fam Coordinator, 1970
A widespread recognition of the need for parent education, the similarity of problems confronting the practitioner in whatever country he practices, and the ambiguity surrounding goals and method indicate a need for clarification and for action. The suggestion is made for international communication. (Author)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
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Johnson, Diane – Change, 1983
The Colorado-based Academy of Independent Scholars provides a network and forum for intellectual exchange among retired faculty. The international organization assists members unaffiliated with institutions in getting grants and establishing contact between young people and senior scholars. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Creativity, Higher Education, Intellectual Experience
Orlov, Vladimir – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
Provides description of the Dag Hammarskjold Library which serves the information needs of a multinational, multilingual community of 157 United Nations member states. A brief history of the library, its statement of purpose, library acquisition and collections, reference services, United Nations agencies, and depository library are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, International Organizations, International Programs, Library Acquisition
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Henderson, Thomas H.; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
This paper explores the implications of "user-focused evaluation" by examining the information utilization dynamics of the evaluation of the Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project. (BW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Extension Education
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Martin, D'Arcy – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1983
Adult education has drawn relatively small amounts of money and skill away from the Latin American government's obsessive concern with primary schooling. But its share of educational resources is increasing rapidly, particularly in literacy and agricultural extension. (SSH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
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Moran, Michael L. – RQ, 1982
Argues that current library policy and practice of insuring interlibrary loan transactions are inconsistent and confusing. Responsibility for loss in various situations is defined, methods of valuation for loaned materials are discussed, and the need for insuring theses and dissertations is questioned. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation, Insurance, Interlibrary Loans
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Berman, Edward H. – Comparative Education Review, 1982
Argues that the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations' overseas programs and development strategies after 1945 were frequently coordinated by intermediate organizations established or funded by one of the foundations and that these programs and strategies were neither exclusively humanitarian in purpose nor apolitical. (NEC)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Gallegos, Arnold M. – Educational Technology, 1982
The second in a series of three, this article reviews some major educational priorities currently being pursued by development agencies, and examines some of the ambivalent perceptions about agency activities in recipient nations. Improved programs in teacher training in developing countries are recommended. Ten references are listed. (MER)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement
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Lowrie, Jean – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1981
Reports the highlights of IFLA activities, including the F.I.D./I.C.A./IFLA meeting in Bellagio, Italy, June 1980, and short interest items from the Library Association (England), the Singapore Ministry of Education, and the Asian Regional Standing Committee of IFLA. (RAA)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, International Programs, Library Associations
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Vivian, Jack – Impact of Science on Society, 1981
Describes the cost advantages of air transportation over road, rail, and river transportation in many circumstances which prevail today in developing countries. Presents accounts of International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO's) efforts supporting civil aviation programs in these countries. (DS)
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Aviation Technology, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Campbell, Sheila D. – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1979
The author lists the objectives of the Canadian Commission for the International Year of the Child and suggests ways that teachers can translate these objectives into class activities. (SJL)
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design, Intergroup Education
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And Others; Fialkowski, Konrad R. – Information Processing and Management, 1981
Describes the principles and methodology of Warsaw Clearinghouse activity and its specialized bibliographic service for collecting, processing, and disseminating information on thesauri and related topics. An information retrieval system TEKLA, designed to improve clearinghouse service, is discussed. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Clearinghouses, Data Processing, Databases
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Ronnie, Mary; And Others – International Library Review, 1980
Describes four library resource sharing projects in (1) New Zealand, (2) Papua New Guinea, (3) Australia, and (4) Fiji. Numerous shared services are discussed, including national bibliographies, publications exchanges, staff exchanges, clearing centers for duplicates, library planning, and national collections. (LLS)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, International Programs
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Diener, Thomas J.; Kerr, Lornie – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1979
Urges community colleges to reexamine their responsibilities to meet the financial, information, counseling, and curriculum needs of foreign students, and lists several elements in ensuring that this growing constituency receives a quality educational experience. (RC)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Responsibility, Foreign Students
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