Describes the current debate going on in Chinese political and educational circles regarding the quality of university education since the Cultural Revolution. Those being singled out for their bourgeois line are critical of such practices as nonacademic selection criteria and the weight given to practical experience in the shortened courses. (JT)

An interview with Dwight Allen regarding his work under a UNESCO Technical Assistance Grant on the development of a National Teacher Training College in Lesotho, Africa. In discussing innovation, such as an item-bank system of student testing, he emphasizes the duty of innovators to be responsible, if not always right. (JT)

Concerned with maximizing productivity, the land-grant agricultural colleges have largely ignored the small farmers they were meant to serve, leading to consequences felt not only in rural America but also in much of the underdeveloped world. (KE)

An assessment of the effects on Indian higher education of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's declaration of internal emergency concludes that dissent, unrest, and laxness have been banished from campuses, the curriculum and structure of higher education are not affected, but teachers in some fields are constrained for fear of political repression.…

Twelve books and articles are reviewed in this annotated bibliography on various aspects of higher education abroad. Included are reports of student access, government financial aid, adult education, education for workers, political influences, and administrator training. (LBH)

The growth of higher education in Iran is reflected in the attraction of such institutions as the Iran Center for Management Studies, Araymehr University, and the University of Tehran. The problem of maintaining quality during expansion is explored along with political implications. (LBH)

The status of foreign language instruction in colleges and universities is examined in terms of both decreasing interest due to reliance on English as an international language, and of increasing needs due to developing national pride and expanding international trade. (LBH)

Shrinking employment opportunities and the broadening horizons of travel have motivated many American educators looking toward the world's developing nations for service or work. This article gives sources of information on jobs overseas, including volunteer groups, military schools for dependents, industry-supported schools, and those in U.S.…

For 400 years the National Autonomous University of Mexico has remained at the hub of the country's intellectual and political life. The history of the University from the Mayas and the Aztecs, University expansion, upward mobility of students, and student pressure groups and politics are described. (MLW)

The state of education in Saudi Arabia is reviewed in this brief analysis of the country's growth. Considered are the single-sex institutions, enrollment trends at the university level, faculty shortages, campus expansion, and religious influences. (LBH)

Brazil's Project Rondon, an educational program aimed at broadening a student's education and to assist in the development of the nation's most poverty-stricken areas, is described. Teaching the poor to meet their own needs is the guiding philosophy. (MLW)

A description of the status of college faculty in China looks at their number, composition, academic qualifications, tendency toward inbreeding, workload, salaries, retirement system, employment stability, lifestyle, and social standing. (MSE)