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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1983
Information on higher education in Asia and the Pacific, reports on 13 countries of the region, five essays, and a bibliography are presented. After a brief review of trends and developments in higher education in the Asia and Pacific region, reports are provided for the following countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,…
Descriptors: College Role, Cultural Exchange, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1995
This annual report marks the 75th anniversary of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and describes the IIE's 1994 activities and programs. During 1994 more than 10,000 individuals studied, conducted research, received practical training, or provided international technical assistance under 248 programs IIE administered for 217 sponsors,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Donors, Educational Finance, Exchange Programs
Arnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education
Isenman, Paul; And Others – 1980
The report, third in a series of annual publications, examines some of the difficulties and prospects in areas of social and economic progress and human development which developing countries face during the next decade. Distinguishing oil-importing from oil-exporting developing countries, the first part of the report presents global and regional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Politics of Education, Economic Factors