Presents an overview of broadcasting development and research in Tanzania, since achieving independence in 1961. Particular emphasis is given to the role of radio as a primary stimulus to the recent mass mobilization campaigns and its support function in an on-going national literacy project. (Author/CMV)

Detailed is an interview with Father Theodore Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame and a member of the United States delegation to the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology, which convened to determine how science and technology can serve the purposes of social and economic development. (BT)

Personality differences among Jamaican and American Black populations of varying socioeconomic backgrounds were investigated using several personality assessment instruments. Differences in personality traits and social constructs were found to be consistent with those that might be predicted between members of a more traditional society and those…

Historical and social reasons for the traditional roles of African women in agriculture, commerce, and wage employment are examined. Some adverse effects of technological development on the position of women are cited. Recommendations are presented for integrating women into the modern economy through education. (Author/MC)

Focuses on engineering education in the developing nations and assesses whether or not the existing curricula suit the specific conditions that prevail in each. (Author/SA)

In writing textbooks on Africa for university and postgraduate students and educational materials for elementary and secondary school students, authors should consider factors such as language, objectives, financing, publication control, and the relationship of the teacher to the textbook. (DB)

International recommendations concerning school buildings are listed. An annotated bibliography includes 280 annotated citations to materials on various aspects of educational architecture in both developed and developing countries. Arrangement is by topic: management, planning and programming, design for education, environmental design,…

Discussed are the reasons for the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam's scientific backwardness. A development project which will enable this country to become a modern, economically self-sufficient country by the year 2000 is outlined. (BT)

Considers the goals and activities of the Community College Cooperative for International Development which is comprised of six Florida community colleges. The principal mission of the Cooperative is to provide mid-level manpower training and technical assistance in occupational, vocational, and technical education to developing nations. (MB)

Argues that economics instruction must include an understanding of Third World economics. The advance level economics examinations in England are inadequate in this respect and should be restructured. (KC)

Changes in librarian training and facilities, image, status, and remuneration, along with the challenge of librarianship presently and in the future are discussed. (MBR)

Describes the organization of the cooperation between the Netherlands and the developing countries at the higher education level. (Author/RK)

Considers the current food emergency and the long-term uphill struggle for nationhood in all of the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. (Author/AM)

Zaire has one of the highest attrition rates in Africa--about 90 percent of the students who begin seventh grade never receive twelfth grade diplomas. This study demonstrates that administration policy and social environment of schools, as well as student ability and performance, may account for high failure rate. (RW)

Discusses the contribution Dutch universities can make to development cooperation through collaboration in the fields of higher education and research with partners from Third World countries. (Author/RK)