A model for integrating second language instruction and business administration education in a college course is proposed. Language instruction is the central element, and area studies (in this example, German area studies) and business studies are bound together by it. The course, in West German industrial relations, would have some German…

The history of Title VI of the Higher Education Act, having to do with language education and area studies, is chronicled by an educator closely involved in development of the legislation. The review focuses on four themes that have received the most attention: debates, largely outside the field, on whether to continue federal funding for Title…

Educational planning in Latin America is about three decades old. In the 1960s and 1970s educational systems in the region expanded dramatically. During this time countries institutionalized educational planning processes and allocated to them considerable human and financial resources. Educational management, however, did not receive sufficient…

This document, which provides an overview of current educational policy and planning issues in Europe, was prepared prior to a UNESCO international congress on the planning and management of educational development. It is composed of five sections: (1) major economic, political, and social developments; (2) educational developments; (3)…

Priorities for Asian American Studies (AAS) programs for the future are discussed, along with the early history of these programs, changes they have undergone, and four impacts of the programs. Major impacts include: increased ethnic consciousness of Asian American students, increased sensitivity of colleges to Asian American curriculum and…

This book, which can be used in secondary and college courses, is the first of two volumes which present an Indian view of India and the world. The reality of everyday life as experienced by the Indian people is recreated in the series. Almost all of the material in both volumes has been written by Indians and has been taken from a variety of…

A new field of study within the discipline of geography is proposed: the geography of the Bible. In a general sense, this new field can be justified by recognizing the relationships between religion and environment. Specifically in terms of the Bible, there are evidences of geographic factors affecting the writing of the Bible. Also, there are…

This report presents the results of a systematic survey of the field of Japanese studies in the United States conducted during a period of eighteen months prior to 1970. The objectives of the report were: (1) to provide a fuller understanding of the contours of the field; (2) to offer documentation on the identity of scholars at work in the field;…

Three papers concerned with internationalizing higher education in the U.S. are presented with a commentary giving a Swedish perspective. The first paper, The International Role of the University in the Decades Ahead, emphasizes the need for area studies that will contribute to the general and liberal education of students. The second paper,…

This bibliography, one of a series, represents an effort to develop a graded subject list of over 1500 titles relevant to the study of South Asia (the majority of which have been published in the last twenty years) which are appropriate for undergraduate libraries. Its emphasis is upon social studies and the humanities. Selections were made from…

Southeast Asian library resources primarily for the humanities and social sciences are listed in this bibliography that is one of a series. The volume furnishes a basic and balanced bibliography on all the countries of Southeast Asia, of manageable size for the undergraduate library. Selections include: 1) few works in languages other than…

The impact of the Boston-area colleges and universities on the local economy was studied and major findings include the following: (1) Boston postsecondary education is a $1.3 billion annual enterprise, most of which money is spent in the Boston area. (2) Sources outside metropolitan Boston account for more than half of these expenditures. The…

Departmental "autonomy" creates barriers to communication; if language and literature departments are to survive, and if the materials with which they deal are to maintain their vitality, they must constantly keep in touch, indeed join forces, with other fields and other departments. (Author/DB)

Reports on an 18-hour teaching project with students at a teachers' college. Four Baldwin texts were used. Questions considered included whether Baldwin's treatment of the race problem reveals any changes or shifts of emphasis. Suggestions are made for adaptation to teaching in grades 11-13. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Provides background on the political and social roots of the racist policy of apartheid. Describes the violence and the social and economic injustices of the system. Concludes that the South African problem must be viewed as a part of the continuing struggle over the disproportionate distribution of wealth. (JDH)