Described are the operations and results of a project whose objectives were: "(1) To demonstrate to Nigerian educators that various media could be adapted to teaching, and especially to inservice training; (2) To present material to the inservice trainees which could not be otherwise presented because of the time and distance involved; and…

The findings in this study clearly and consistently support the view that Western education does, indeed, have a definite effect on value orientations of youth that is largely independent of the test factors mentioned and is not specific to particular sample subpopulation. (Author)

Underdeveloped countries will be agreeable toward externally imposed social and educational change if their relations with the country initiating the changes are good. However, if hostility toward the greater power exists, the leaders of these countries will resist any attempts to remold their societies. (CK)

Three books about Nigeria are discussed in terms of the relationship between education and politics. (MF)

Program cost allocation as a routine accounting procedure at all medical schools would provide valuable information for planning. (Editor)

In an address delivered at the University of Notre Dame, May 1969, Secretary McNamara discussed the threat of unmanageable population pressure which is undervalued and misunderstood by the general public. Unrestricted population growth will have catastrophic consequences unless it is dealt with rapidly and rationally. Copies from: Office of…

Joint responsibility of education authorities and the Department of Manpower and Immigration is to accelerate research and to develop programs which will ease the process of adjustment to changing conditions in manpower demand. The inevitable prerequisite of closer matching of demand for and supply of qualified manpower is increased specialization…

After considering the objectives of higher education and its role in the socioeconomic development of a country, the author analyzes the relationship between the world of work and the higher education system, exploring alternative higher education structures. (Author/MP)

Examines how Third World education systems reproduce social and economic inequalities; how the international economic order is founded on unfair mechanisms that perpetuate inequality; and the role that groups in the United Nations family must play in the establishment of a New International Economic Order. (RM)

Development education, to increase understanding and awareness of the plight of underdeveloped countries and of the interdependence of nations, is being carried out through television programs on Britain's Channel Four by the International Broadcasting Trust. (SK)

To better define what out-of-school characteristics of students are the most important determinants of particular kinds of academic achievement, 301 Indonesian fourth grade students were studied. The findings have policy implications in developing countries where parents are now being encouraged to take an interest in their children's learning.…

Describes functions and activities of UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC) Documentation and Information Centre, highlighting collections and acquisitions, publications, dissemination of information, regional network of education information, collaboration with International Bureau of Education,…

Reports on the Nigerian Supreme Court's struggles with the problems of interpreting colonial sedition laws while protecting democratic freedoms. (FL)

For future studies to prove their value in those nations seeking to advance rapidly and to raise the standard of living of their inhabitants, they will need to develop new methods and new goals. Some of these are suggested and discussed. (Author/RM)