Colloquium participants were asked to make informed guesses about whether developing countries can grow and equitably distribute the food they need over the next decade, what the international development community should do to help in both production and distribution, and what role the United States should play in the development process. The 17…

The proceedings from six Public Service Satellite Consortium audioconferences conducted in 1988 provide information on preparing teachers and students for teaching and learning at a distance; costs and benefits of distance education; secrets to success and pitfalls to avoid; technological innovations; international trends; and methods for…

Summaries the discussions and conclusions of the Fourth Annual Conference on Information Technology for Developing Countries. Topics covered include planning for information technology, managing the introduction of information technology, educational and training needs, financial aid, the policies of the European Community, and managing change and…

Papers in this document provide a perspective on the views of two-year college educators and other educational leaders on the relevance and place of international education now and in the future. Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr., discusses the community college's role in international education and outlines the policy of the American Association of…

Focusing on the last in a series of seven seminars conducted by the Colombo Plan Bureau between 1969 and 1975 on the theme, "National Planning of Vocational and Technical Training," this report presents the proceedings of a seminar on the vocational education and training needs of one of the Colombo Plan members, Bhutan. Five working…

A report on refugee education is based on discussions and papers presented at an international workshop convened in England in March-April 1985 and attended by representatives of refugees, governments of countries of major refugee influx, and donor agencies. The first chapter examines the priority for refugee education, including the international…

Proceedings of the Sixth Colloquium on Intra-Regional Technical Training sponsored jointly by the Colombo Plan and the Government of Malaysia are presented in this report. Four working papers are presented centered around three main areas of concern: influence of technical education on economic development; how the status of technicians could be…

Proceedings of a seminar on communications skills training for English-as-a-Second-Language teachers in the context of aid projects overseas are presented in the form of papers, presentations, and summary narrative. They include: "Educational Project Management: Survey of Communications Skills Requirements in Aid Projects in Indonesia"…