There are many reasons for the large number of abandoned children in India. The children can be unwanted (mostly girls), illegitimate, or orphans due to diseases. The children have to be taken care of one way or the other. This study shows that there are different solutions to this problem, including orphanages both government and nongovernmental.…

Since 1986-87 there has been, at the Malmo School of Education (Sweden), a special internationalization group with representatives of all the School's boards of studies and the Department of Educational and Psychological Research. This group makes recommendations to the School on grants for different internationalization projects, keeps in touch…

Culture shock is discussed as it affects Americans who travel extensively abroad. Culture shock can lead to total withdrawal from the new culture or to increased awareness, personal growth, and the development of new cross cultural skills. Communication problems contribute to culture shock in the form of language barriers, nonverbal…

Author considered what could be done to foster the need for thinking and acting internationally. (Author/RK)

Reports on participation in a symposium that is an outgrowth of a scientific exchange agreement between the United States and the USSR. The symposium included both university and industry researchers. (GS)

This article presents the functions and functioning of the new program of the American Council on Education, the International Education Project, established in 1973 to replace the Commission on International Education terminated in 1970. (SC)

Encourages the development of a technology link, feeding back into the United States, that could help ungrade United States capabilities and technological competitiveness. (BR)

The report of the National Academy of Sciences validates the interdisciplinary team approach to the study of ecosystems as well as the use of systems analysis that will aid policy makers in decisions of resource management. (BR)

A Canadian scientist discusses his country's environmental monitoring programs (by parameter and medium), points out their strengths and weaknesses, and indicates some possible directions for future efforts in the field of environmental monitoring at both the national and international level. (BT)

An international symposium was convened to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the John Murray Expedition to the Indian Ocean on board the Egyptian research vessel Mabahiss (1933-1934). This report describes the symposium and provides abstracts and syntheses of the papers presented in the various marine scientific disciplines covering the areas of…

Articles concerning music are included in this newsletter dedicated to cultural venture to be jointly carried out by the Council of Europe and the European communities. Many events will mark Music Year 1985, including concerts, dance performances, operas, publications, recordings, festivals, exhibitions, competitions, and conferences on musical…

The issue of a world-wide information order is the focus of this paper, which outlines the history, status, perspective, and consequences of the NIICO (International Information and Communication Order) debate. The first section explains the concerns and events that led to a unanimously passed resolution by UNESCO calling for a new order for the…

A discussion of the legal and economic aspects of television via satellite. (HB)

Reviews the aims, principles and programs related to the World Population Conference and World Population Year. A summary of the Canadian reply to the "Second Inquiry on Population Growth and Development" is presented. (EB)

The main functional areas of international librarianship are identified, together with characteristics of activity in the field, as a first step towards their possible application in a model of international librarianship. (Author/PF)