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Thompson, Hilary H.; Smith, Austin; Ostos, Manuel; Gardinier, Lisa – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Inspired by the 2017 Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference's collective collection theme, the authors undertook a study to better understand the consortium's resource-sharing needs for Spanish and Portuguese materials published in Latin America. The authors employed multiple technologies to expedite gathering, reconciling, and analyzing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
Nunez, Mario A. – 1994
This report explores two bilingual educational approaches currently in use in Mexico and the United States. The study pursues a limited comparison between two modalities of bilingual instruction, as observed and reported in the consulted literature. The U.S. model featured is known as the two-way bilingual model, an additive approach to…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Salazar, Jose Miguel – International Social Science Journal, 1983
Discusses the concept of nationalism and seeks to analyze whether "Latin-Americanism" can serve as a lever for a nationalistic type of social movement. In spite of separate national group identifications going back 150 years, research indicates that the socio-psychological preconditions of a Latin American supranationalism do exist. (CS)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Goodwin, Craufurd D.; Nacht, Michael – 1995
This research report assesses the state of the press and the needs for journalism training in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. It is based upon discussions in these countries during 1992 and 1993 with reporters, editors, publishers, broadcasters, broadcast owners, government officials, business people, and scholars. Separate chapters provide…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. International Education Project. – 1975
The purpose of this study is to consider methods for providing adequate library and information services for U. S. international education programs. The state of U.S. library resources for the following eight world-area programs was reviewed to determine common library needs and problems: Africa, East Asia, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia,…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Asian Studies, Futures (of Society)
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1976
The report highlights issues discussed at a meeting of the International Councils on Higher Education held in Mexico in 1975. The purpose of the meeting was to promote exchange of ideas and experiences among higher education experts from Latin America and the United States. A major portion of the Mexico conference was devoted to an assessment of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations