This collection of 13 papers offers an international perspective on future directions of staff development at colleges and universities, focusing on academic staff development, higher education teaching networks, and managerial and human resource development. Papers are: (1) "Higher Education Staff Development for the 21st Century: Directions for UNESCO's Co-operative Action" (Mary-Louise Kearney); (2) "The Role of the University in Adult Literacy Staff Development" (Mohamed Maamouri); (3) "Assisting New Academic Programmes in Environmental Management in Developing Countries" (Geoffrey McDonald and Chatchai Ratanachai); (4) "African Religions--A Non-Traditional Approach to Academic Staff Development: A Case Study of the Development of the UNITWIN Network for Southern Africa" (Gerrie ter Haar and Henk J. van Rinsum); (5) "The Contribution of Higher Education to Research and Development Activity in Latin America--The Case of the UNESCO/CRE-COLUMBUS/Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIV) Chair" (Hebe Vessuri); (6) "Higher Education Teaching Development Networks--The Experience of the European Network on Staff Development in Higher Education (ENSDHE)" (Brigette Berendt); (7) "University Teaching Networks: The Arab Network for Staff Development" (Hassan El Hares); (8) "Teaching Development in New Zealand Higher Education" (John Jones); (9) "University Teaching Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean" (Jose Silvio); (10) "Managerial Staff Development and Human Resource Planning" (Jennifer Barnes); (11) "Higher Education in Hungary--Challenge and Change" (Janos Csirik); (12) "The African University: Towards Innovative Management Strategies for the 21st Century" (Mubanga E. Kashoki); and (13) "Managerial Staff Development and Human Resource Planning--The IGLU Programme" (Pierre Van Der Donckt). Each paper contains references. (MDM)