This article proposes a cost- and information-effective technology transfer model designed to overcome problems in technical education and training common to both sectors. The authors discuss three primary forces that are creating a danger in the specialized, applied science educational system, primarily because of a shortage of instructional…

To clarify the relationships among education, employment, and technological research, this study constructs a planning model based on these areas' component fields and their complex interrelationships. Emphasizing that little research has been done on the relationships of education and technology and that little understanding has been achieved of…

Presents a summary of recent ideas in the area of industrial innovation. Analyzes varying viewpoints on models of the processes of innovation and poses questions for future study, research, and policy formation. (ML)

The case histories of water and sanitation schemes described in this volume can best be understood by identifying the moments at which critical hurdles were encountered and surmounted. The first case study, which concerns Bangladesh, discusses promising prospects that existed amid the pollution and the technical and managerial expansion of the…

This paper examines general systems theory as it applies to higher education institutions. Using this approach, the university is viewed as a system (comprised of subsystems) that interacts with the external environment. The first sections of the paper review general systems theory and its application to management, and examine some theoretical…

A project examined technology transfer programs and developed a model for use by Wisconsin's Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) system that would involve cooperative efforts with the University of Wisconsin and other agencies. Staff reviewed literature on technology transfer and visited six technology transfer organizations. The…

The International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS) research team is developing a descriptive and analytic framework to examine and assess agricultural technology systems. The first part of the framework is an inductive methodology that organizes data collection and orders data for comparison between countries. It requires and…