At its founding in 1946, UNESCO put literacy at the top of its education and human rights agenda. More than six decades later, UNESCO maintains the mission statement: "UNESCO is at the forefront of global literacy efforts and is dedicated to keeping literacy high on national, regional and international agendas." This chapter briefly describes how…

Outlines some of the arguments that favor accelerating the development of the technology of readability in developing nations. (RB)

A detailed study of changes that have taken place in Chinese education since the Communists came to power there. (Author)

Nancy Birdsall's argument for cost recovery in university education is misleading. It is hard to allocate money only to research, since a university's research and teaching functions are interconnected. Increased resources for higher education would come from a government's education budget at the expense of primary education. In a typical…

Guidelines are presented that were produced as a result of discussions at a gathering of international scholars and practitioners at an international seminar on "Sustaining Local Literacies: People, Language, and Power," organized by Education for Development and held at the University of Reading (United Kingdom) on March 19-20, 1993.…

Describes Australia's program of educational assistance to developing countries, indicating that over three-quarters of the assistance is for higher education. Suggests that the program's bias is driven by commercial considerations. Advocates increased assistance to basic education programs because of their greater relevance to developing…

Examines the relationship between education and development in Latin America. Describes a series of studies which will be undertaken involving case studies from various Latin American countries, analysis of rural education problems, labor market influence, and processes of formulating and implementing educational policies. (Author/DB)

Discusses the proliferation of small sectarian colleges in the U.S. between 1800-1860 and its effect on the nation's development. (JF)

Past "elitist" development efforts modeled on Western academic education have failed to meet manpower needs but resist change due to popular preference for "modern" occupations. A new development strategy providing universal basic education and improved general living standards is needed. (Part of a theme issue on Third World educational…

This book presents an adult educator's perspective on the social sciences and the goal and vision of adult education. Adult education is defined as a social science and as a field of practice based on a unique body of theory and knowledge. The discovery of meaning through relevant research is discussed. Various barriers that prevent people from…

This paper looks at the following aspect of the professionalization of adult education in India: professional training of adult educators. It first defines professionalization and then discusses the following essential prerequisite for that process: the development of a well-designed professional training program with adequate institutional…

Examines the linkage between the global problems of today and the educational problems faced by third world countries. Specifically discussed are educational change in developing countries, the drive against illiteracy, and the democratization of education. Developing countries are on the right road toward solving the problem of education. (RM)

This publication presents a series of papers on the role of the university world wide in advancing universal literacy. Chapter 1 looks across the Asian and Pacific Region and shows the large regional disparities which exist in addressing literacy issues at the university level. The second chapter describes the magnitude of illiteracy in the…

Five of the six papers in this collection focus on public library services, collection development problems, and involvement in literacy campaigns in developing countries; the sixth paper is concerned with public library services in Norway. (1) In "Big Cities, Its Inhabitants and Public Libraries Systems," May Brooking Negrao examines…

The 12 papers in this collection were presented during the meetings of three sections of the Division of Regional Activities: (1) "Which Way African Librarianship?" (Kingo Mchombu); (2) "The Expansion of the University of the Air of Japan and the Changing Function of Regional University Libraries" (Katsuhiro Jinzaki); (3)…