In 1967 The Regional Advisory Committee for the Capitol Region, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut commissioned a study by Nelson Associates entitled "Library Service in The Capitol Region of Connecticut: A Study With Recommendations for Future Development" (ED 026 089). As a result of this report the Capitol Region Council of Elected…

A model for the evaluation of educational products is being applied in the evaluation of the Educational Cooperative Development Program of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. The Laboratory is conducting a three-year field test of a regional organizational management structure to increase the problem solving capabilities of school…

Experts from thirteen Arab nations met to discuss book development in their countries. This document, which is divided into four sections is a report of that meeting. Part one considers the problems of book development in the Arab countries under the following headings: (1) the present situation, (2) development of national book production, (3)…

Following a survey of the establishment and development of the school, an outline is presented of courses taught, admission requirements, and qualifications attained. The school has answered a serious need in the area of information and library training in East Africa. (Author)

Interdistrict cooperation could do much to alleviate the inequality that now characterizes much of American education. To move toward greater metropolitanism in education, it will be necessary to develop programs that will reduce fragmentation within and among the major social systems of the metropolitan area. (Author)

Describes some new programs within existing universities in Southeast Asian countries that are helping to meet developmental needs, and stresses, along with the need for international university cooperation, the need for regional institutional cooperation. (RK)

Six regional media centers in New York State have cooperated in buying materials and equipment and in assessing media resources. (STS)

The newly fashionable accreditation emphasis on educational outcomes must not focus too narrowly on student achievement to the exclusion of other important criteria of institutional and educational quality. (MSE)

Models for collegial networking as a means of increasing the participants' scholarly productivity are presented. A Midwestern historical methodology research interest group is described as an example of the long-term benefits of forming networks of scholars. (MSE)

The status of signature and ratification of six regional cooperative conventions concerning recognition of study abroad is reported. They are conventions for: Latin America and the Caribbean; Arab and European states bordering on the Mediterranean; the Arab states; the Europe region; the African states; and Asia and the Pacific. (MSE)

Evidence from Sweden's creation of Norrland University, which uses higher education for regional development, shows that allocation of higher education resources can be used to alter traditional patterns of centralization and that the activities of the outlying institution play as crucial a role as centrally formed policy. (Author/MSE)

A sub-regional seminar based on the theme, "Curriculum Development for Learning to Live Together" (Havana, Cuba, May 15-18, 2001), brought together 20 member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's Caribbean Network of Educational Innovation for Development: Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba,…

This report examines issues relating to sector-wide approaches (SWA) to education. It focuses on SWA's relevance to poverty-reduction targets and their general mode of operation. Through this analysis, it seeks to assist those involved with educational development, including providers and recipients of technical and financial support. The document…

Describes the pilot programs now going on in New Jersey aimed at finding better ways of educating inner-city Americans. Article Summarizes the various programs in different cities. (GB)

Background information, functions, activities, responsibilities, and future plans are outlined for each of the participating centers: Documentation Centre, Ministry of Education, Cairo; National Center of Educational Communication, Washington; Institut Romand de Recherche et de Documentation Pedagogique, Neuchatel; Unesco Regional Office for…