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Peer reviewedWatson, Keith – Higher Education, 1981
The dilemma of whether to expand higher education systems in Thailand or to curtail enrollments by some means of cut-off or selection at the end of secondary school are discussed. A variety of higher education models in use in the Third World countries are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Peer reviewedKobayashi, Tetsuya – Higher Education, 1980
The role of the university in Japan's technological and industrial development is discussed. Problems including the westernization of a non-Western society, coordination between education and industry, the government and freedom of the university, and nationalism and internationalism are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedWandira, Asavia – Higher Education, 1981
The relationship between universities and society in Africa is examined. A framework to encompass the desired aims of both the university and society and the relationships between them is formulated. Implications for the structure, content and operation of the university in Africa are indicated. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Development, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedElton, Lewis; Manwaring, Gaye – Higher Education, 1981
The experience and experiments in helping to develop a training program for academic staff at Universiti Sains Malaysia and the model of staff training associated with this program are described. This is used as a basis for staff training for universities in the South East Asian region. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations, Faculty Development
