A description of the Open University as a multimedia system for teaching at a distance with consideration of possibilities of transplanting both the concept and the actuality of the university as an institution to the Third World. (HB)

Discusses problems facing the world with increasing demands for food, energy, raw materials and goods, and at the same time confronted with a population explosion. Views the future of the United States optimistically when compared to less developed countries. (JR)

Suggests that children's literature in developing countries include the richness of both historical and scientific themes. (RB)

The author describes a UNESCO program to achieve functional literacy which has been especially successful in Tanzania with the cooperation of that country's government. Instructional programs must be designed for the illiterate adult with an emphasis on oral communication. (AG)

Assesses the current situation in India and gives guidelines for the next 8 years. (SP)

The nature of the relationship of various aspects of the modernization process to deferred/immediate goal gratification among rural Baganda living in Uganda is examined. (NQ)

The bibliography to materials on education for rural life, dealing to a great extent with developing nations but important to all countries, is arranged under broad headings: 1. Bibliographies on rural education; 2. Factors in rural background; 3. Policies, planning and economics; 4. Organizational and curriculuar aspects (content, methods,…

Some of the consequences of providing greater educational opportunity for members of the lower class in a small rural community in Jamaica are examined. (FF)

The new concept of education in Peru implies a lifelong educational process, provides for communication between education institutions and programs, the family and the community, and for the involvement of everybody. (JB)

Entrepreneurial bureaucrats act to enhance their chances for career advancement by becoming identified with successful development efforts. Evidence from Zambia illustrates the nature of entrepreneurialism in a public bureaucracy and the utility of the concept in the study of development administration. (Author)

From the 1972 Behavioral Science Symposium, this article examines the prospect of attaining effective international cooperation for environmental protection of the Earth. Discusses the need for strategies to remove some of the conceptual obstacles (political and social) to cooperation, and identifies some possible conceptual and institutional…

The author advocates the incorporation of a science program designed to recognize cultural differences and to develop process skills in children in developing countries. (CP)

Article discusses non-formal education for young adults of developing countries through World Education, an American non-profit organization. (MM)