Professorial Training and Institution Building in the Third World: Two Rockefeller Foundation Experiences.

Coleman, James S.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Professorial Training and Institution Building in the Third World: Two Rockefeller Foundation Experiences.

Coleman, James S.

Comparative Education Review, v28 n2 p180-202 May 1984

Compares two Rockefeller Foundation efforts to further the advanced professional education of prospective faculty members of Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, and National University, Zaire. Emphasizes the contrasts between the two efforts and the diversity among developing nations. Notes the effects of the sociopolitical-cultural environment and professional infrastructure on faculty. (SB)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Environment, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organizational Development, Politics, Professional Education, Professors, Relationship, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Thailand

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