The "ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This double issue commemorates ERIC's 30th anniversary and focuses on the dissemination and use of education information. The issue includes "A Quick Guide To ERIC" (Lynn Smarte)--a reproducible training guide for…

Educational researchers, planners, and policy makers from both developed and developing nations met to present papers on and discuss the topics of information and communication in educational policy and planning. This symposium report, one of a series of Unesco reports, summarizes their papers and discussions. There are four main topics. The first…

This issue includes the following nine papers on the theme of collecting and utilizing information on vocational training in Europe: "Information on Vocational Training in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Hardenacke); "Devolved Decision Making in the U.K. Demands Wide Dissemination of Information" (Cowan, Brown);…

This paper, one of a series of Unesco technical information reports, looks at the educational decision makers in developing nations and examines their access to and use of information and research results. Written in English and in French, the paper consists of five parts. Part one discusses problems encountered by educational policy-makers and…