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Direct linkCherewka, Alexis; Prins, Esther – Comparative Education Review, 2022
During the early Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union used adult literacy education to wield influence in "Third World" countries. Frank C. Laubach, the "Apostle of Literacy," wrote prolifically about adult literacy and conducted and advised literacy campaigns in more than 100 countries, yet his work is understudied…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Policy, Technical Assistance
Takayama, Keita – Comparative Education Review, 2018
This article critically assesses the works of Paul Monroe, Isaac L. Kandel, and the International Institute at the Teachers College, Columbia University, in the early twentieth century. Drawing on Edward Said's notion of contrapuntal reading, it presents a different account of their legacies that foregrounds the colonial and imperial realities of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Comparative Education, United States History, Foreign Policy
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Comparative Education Review, 1986
Introduces participants of a symposium on current controversies concerning UNESCO. Discusses contributions of UNESCO to the fields of comparative and international education and American government objections related to the large UNESCO bureaucracy and the political and ideological underpinnings of some UNESCO activities. (SV)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Comparative Education, Foreign Policy, Ideology
