This article examined the problems typically encountered by those responsible for the university function of providing continuing education and proposed some remedies. (Editor/RK)

A type of examination in which additional questions are provided was used for Grade 12 Algebra and College 1 Introductory Calculus. An hypothesis was formulated that this procedure should reveal additional knowledge which whould be reflected in superior average scores for the class group. (Editor)

This paper has attempted to identify some of the obstacles and deterrents on the one hand and incentives and positive pressures on the other which determine the ability and willingness of the universities in East Africa to confront the issue of development. (Author)

Author compared the comprehensive reorganization of French secondary education through the creation of Colleges d'Enseignement Secondaire with developments in this country over the past twelve years. (Editor/RK)

Discussed the Office of Education's new initiatives being added to its Right to Read Program in its continuing effort to eliminate illiteracy, assist those with severe reading problems, and prevent new cases of reading deficiencies from developing. (Author/RK)

Describes early efforts in English educational history at initiating development in design education and presents some more recent discussion papers through a research team at the Royal College of Art on what a good definition of "design" is and what changes should take place in the curriculum to bring design education into the…

Traces the history of education in India and the policies for educational development that can have significance for Adult Education. (RK)

This book contains four monographs based on research conducted in a number of African countries between 1965 and 1967 in an attempt to illuminate some of the problems confronting educational planners in developing countries. The book is one of three related volumes of case studies on educational planning in the English-speaking countries of…

The material included in this document, drawn from the debates and the working papers presented at the Third Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia, focuses on the concerns of education policy-makers in Asia and the programs and priorities they envisage for the growth and development of…

An Institutional Goals Inventory at Frostburg State College presents respondents with 90 prestructured goal statement questions and twenty-six locally prepared questions. The 90 goal statement questions compose twenty goal areas. Goals areas are: academic development, intellectual orientation, individual personal development, humanism/altruism,…

This report sets forth the commitment toward improving the over-all quality of education in Latin America as first announced at the Punta del Este Conference in 1967. Recognizing that education is a universal right and its implementation must not depend on socio-economic affluence or political motives of any region, members of the Organization of…

The educational system of Saudi Arabia underwent significant changes from 1974-76 in areas of teacher education, modernization of curriculum and instruction on elementary and secondary levels, and in expansion of higher education facilities. Reasons advanced by the Ministry of Education for these changes include an increase of funds for…

The report on recurrent education in Switzerland is one of a series describing continuation education in OECD countries. Recurrent education is defined as a strategy to distribute education over the total lifespan of an individual in a recurring way and in alternation with work and other activities. Part I discusses the idea of recurrent…

The national educational system of Qatar was established in 1956, when the discovery of oil provided a financial base for educational expansion. The government provides free education from primary school through the university and has stressed a system of incentives for students rather than declaring education compulsory on any level. Four types…

The educational system of Libya is based upon principles set down in the constitution of 1969 and revised by a philosophy of education document in 1974. In accordance with these principles, education is compulsory on the primary and intermediate levels, free on all levels, and should be in accordance with national political and religious…