Presents some data on the relative significance of books, periodicals, and teaching staff, in supporting postgraduate work in the humanities and social sciences in Nigeria. (Author/VT)

Books are seen as essential ingredients in economic and cultural development and international understanding. U.S. book exports have dropped, several organizations concerned with overseas book development have disappeared, the U.S. Information Agency's book publishing program has decreased, and USIA libraries in foreign countries have been…

The nature, uniqueness, and value of testimonials in English-as-a-Second-Language courses are described. Oral narratives, collected from people from developing countries who cannot write, are edited and translated by a recorder/collector. Examples are cited and their use in the classroom is reported. (Contains 12 references.) (LB)

Summarizes the development of science and technology in Pakistan and the existing library resources in science and technology. The organization of acquisitions work is described, including acquisitions policy, book selection, financial support, procurement of books and periodicals, import restrictions, book order work, and gifts and exchanges.…

The effect of foreign students on the host country, and the benefits to their own developing countries are studied in this book. Data from a survey of foreign students in Australia conducted from 1973-1975 by the Education Research Unit of the Australian National University are compared with data obtained from similar surveys in the United States,…

This booklet discusses how the United Nations University, established in 1973, can bring youth together on a world scale and create an international system through which youth can join in the work of building a world community. The first chapter, A University for the World: The United Nations Plan, describes student protests in Thailand in 1973.…

One hundred and forty two books, articles, and government publications dealing with education in Egypt are cited in this annotated bibliography. Items cited were published in 1979 and examine education for all age groups and ability levels. The material is presented under 84 headings including adult education, art education, children's books,…

The book examines the role of education in social and economic development. Seven chapters comprise the document. Chapter I examines the relation of education to socioeconomic development. Topics include rural-urban imbalance in education, relevance in curriculum, and ways in which the educational system legitimates equality or inequality. In…

This annotated bibliography lists 92 entries of selected educational materials published in Pakistan during the period April through June 1978. Pakistani journals, newspapers, and government publications provide the source of the materials. They are organized into 20 categories: administration, organization and financing of education; agricultural…

Questions of technology and change are explored in approximately 70 essays written by university and research scholars, consumer advocates, political philosophers, engineers, and bureaucrats. The book is part of a multimedia series developed to present college level course material to the general public through cooperation of newspapers, public…

The book presents 21 essays representative of current international anthropological research in education. The categories of this rather broad range of studies are noninstitutional education, institutional education in society, the organization of educational institutions, and language and education. The two essays in the first section examine…

Consisting of an essay and a bibliography, this book provides a discussion of the origins and development of comparative higher education as a field of study, an interpretation of the key issues in higher education as they affect different countries, and a select list of significant contributions to the literature on the subject. The essay begins…