The results and implications of two major Australian foreign policy reports focusing on the role of foreign students in Australia's international educational exchanges and in regional economic aid and development programs are summarized. The two reports reflect different approaches (humanism vs. efficiency) to somewhat similar issues. (MSE)

Australia has one of the highest standards of living in the world. Agriculture, grazing, and mining are the mainstays of the country's economy. Since the end of World War II, Australia has developed an advanced industrial base that manufactures a wide range of goods, from automobiles to clothespins. (RM)

Examines the close relationship between Ferris State College and Michigan's community colleges and the key role this has played in a coordinated move toward economic revitalization. Describes efforts made in the areas of articulation, prototype vocational programs, admissions counseling, technical education, and the testing and training of…

The Administration's economic policy has caused massive inflation, unemployment, and record deficits. Full employment and production should be the cornerstone of government policy. Strengthening of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act, reorganizing the Federal Reserve Board, and amending the 1981 Tax Act are ways to achieve economic…

The objectives of the Soviet system of higher education and the expansion of the role of higher education are described, emphasizing the development of labor and industry for increased productivity, creativity, and specialization. A trend toward regular continuing education to keep pace with technological advancement is also noted. (MSE)

Recent efforts to modernize instruction in Romanian higher education and to integrate teaching with production and research are outlined. Areas discussed include balancing basic and specialized training, new interdisciplinary efforts, increasing students' practical experiences, expanding types of instruction, promoting technological literacy, and…

Current focuses of scientific and technical research in socialist countries' universities and institutes include increasing creativity, developing student skills for independent problem-solving, computer applications, increasing research efficiency, and integration of research and production. (MSE)

Examines microcomputer uses by United Nations to make information accessible to users in member states and steps promoting international information system microcomputer use. Discussion covers bibliographic and nonbibliographic applications, related software and hardware information handling packages, and problems of linking microcomputers with…

The flow of developing country students to developed countries is examined from the perspective of the sending authorities in developing countries and the loss of foreign exchange to developing nations. The implications for expansion of higher education in developing nations are discussed. (MSE)

Discussion of conditions that combine to influence the selection and implementation of instructional development as an approach to solving educational problems in developing nations focuses on prevailing traditions, economics, and internal and external politics. (MBR)

Describes the United States as a growth-oriented, high-technology, high-consumption society where a growing sense of environmental responsibility and activism has usually taken an adversary relationship, often necessarily, towards such progress. Examines the historic roots that environmental protection and a consumer society have in common.…

The decline in manufacturing employment associated with the recent recession, coupled with the continued growth of services, has renewed interest in the distribution of employment among the three major sectors: agriculture, goods-producing, and service-producing industries. (Author/SSH)

Revised Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, which reflect assumptions about unemployment, labor productivity, and government taxes and spending, provide information about long-term trends of industry output and employment. One projection made is that health services and computer-related industries will continue to be the leaders in job growth.…

Extracts from proceedings of the International Labor Conference (Geneva, June 1975) concerning organizations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development. Includes convention recommendations concerning the role of such organizations, means of encouraging their growth, legislative and administrative measures, education and…

To address the issue of student learning at the state level, an invitational forum of public policy, business, and education leaders was convened by James B. Hunt Jr., governor of North Carolina. The forum recommended that the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education initiate a "demonstration project" to determine whether or not it…