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International Student Orientations: Indian Students at American Universities around the Turn of the Twentieth Century
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Ajmera, Param S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation examines the writings and experiences of five Indian international students in the United States during late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By drawing attention to these students, I attend to the ways in which notions of freedom, progress, and inclusivity associated with American higher education, and liberalism more…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Indians, Power Structure, Nationalism
Groundwater Scarcity Impact on Inclusiveness and Women Empowerment: Insights from School Absenteeism of Female Students in Two Watersheds in India
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Kookana, Rai S.; Maheshwari, Basant; Dillon, Peter; Dave, Seema H.; Soni, Prahlad; Bohra, Hakimuddin; Dashora, Yogita; Purohit, Ramesh C.; Ward, John; Oza, Sachin; Katara, Pratibha; Yadav, Kamal K.; Varua, Maria E.; Grewal, Harsharn Singh; Packham, Roger; Jodha, Anand Singh; Patel, Ashishkumar – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
A survey was conducted in eight secondary schools located in two watersheds in Gujarat and Rajasthan (semi-arid region of India) to assess students' perceptions about groundwater scarcity issues and the impact of the scarcity on their educational opportunities. Survey responses to a detailed questionnaire by a cohort of students in both…
Descriptors: Water, Females, Empowerment, Attendance
A Survey of Archives Relating to India and Located in Major Repositories in France and Great Britain.
Moideen, P. S. M. – 1983
A 2-month study trip was made in 1982 to 4 major repositories of Indian archival material in France and 2 major repositories in the United Kingdom in order to draw up a detailed inventory of dossiers, other file units, and isolated individual documents related to the history of India that are located in these repositories. The repositories visited…
Descriptors: Archives, Asian History, Check Lists, Colonialism
International Council on Archives, Microfilm Committee. Bulletin 1.
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International Council on Archives. Microfilm Committee. – 1972
The Microfilm Committee of the International Council on Archives grew out of various international meetings which began in 1966 with a congress on "Archives for Scholarship--Encouraging Greater Ease of Access." Meetings since then have resulted in recommendations that (1) archives and records should be fully microfilmed and widely…
Descriptors: Archives, Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Storage
REACHING NEW READERS IN RURAL AREAS.
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SHAW, E.C. – 1967
IN RURAL INDIA, MOBILE LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO LITERACY EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TIN TRUNK LIBRARY, A COLLECTION OF 15 TO 50 BOOKS IN A BOX, IS FLEXIBLE AND ECONOMICAL. HOWEVER, IT IS USED PRIMARILY BY FRIENDS OF THE PERSON IN WHOSE HOUSE THE TRUNK IS PLACED. THE LIBRARIAN OF THE MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY BRINGS BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Expenditures, Library Extension, Library Facilities
THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS IN PAKISTAN.
AHMED, FIROZA – 1963
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE ANALYZED IN THIS STUDY TO CLARIFY THEIR DEMOCRATIC PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATION, TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS IN INDIA, EGYPT, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, AND BURMA HAVING POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR PAKISTAN, AND TO SUGGEST SOCIAL SERVICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT SHOULD BE EXPANDED OR INAUGURATED IN…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Development, Community Leaders, Cooperative Programs