This directory is aimed at increasing understanding of functions and problems of families, by providing information on research activities which fall within the goals of the International Year of the Family (IYF) initiative. Compiled through a cooperative effort of the Australian Institute of Family Studies and The United Nations Secretariat for…

The register of research currently underway in Europe on visual impairment contains a scan-column index of approximately 60 research topics and an alphabetical list of 204 research workers. Criteria for selection are explained to have limited project inclusion to studies of conditions which have so far proved intractable to amelioration through…

A directory that provides information on institutions and international organizations engaged in research on higher education is presented to strengthen international cooperation. For each institution, the following information is provided: official institutional name, address, phone number and telex number, cable address, director or head,…

Information on research efforts concerning higher education in Sweden is presented. The development of the research program has involved a shift of emphasis among four major problem areas (the role of higher education in society, the organization of higher education, the educational function, and the research function). While in the early 1970s…

Institutional profiles of People's Republic of China (PRC) colleges and universities, Institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Institutes of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences are presented to help answer questions posed by students and faculty considering study, research, or teaching opportunities in the PRC. Of the 701 institutions…

Fulbright awards for study abroad for 1981-82 are listed by country and program area, and information is provided on eligibility requirements, application procedure, terms of award, and factors affecting selection for American scholars. Most of the awards listed are for more or less specific fields or disciplines, but some teaching and research…

The 1984 inventory of research into higher education in Canada is presented. Descriptions are provided of about 260 projects that deal with research and practical developments in postsecondary education, its activities and characteristics. The projects, which are entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are grouped…

The 1985 inventory of research into higher education in Canada provides descriptions of 328 research, innovative, and experimental projects on postsecondary education in Canada. The projects, which are entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are grouped under six categories: general; administration, finance and…

Information on research efforts concerning higher education in Sweden is presented. Questions that have been addressed by the Swedish research program in the past five years have included the long-term social effects of higher education activities, the knowledge traditions of higher education programs, and the conditions of research with and…

The 1981 edition of this annual inventory contains descriptions of about 350 research, innovative, and experimental projects concerned with postsecondary education in Canada that are in progress or have been completed during 1980. They represent work of researchers in universities, community colleges, educational organizations, and government…

This reference book offers information about 1,300 funding opportunities (scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships) open to Americans interested in research, creative, professional, or related activities abroad. The directory is divided into three separate sections: a descriptive list of financial aid programs established…

The fourth annual research inventory describes 728 Mexican-related research projects being conducted in 1984 or to begin in 1985 in 14 countries. Data come from questionnaires sent during 1984 to more than 1,800 individual researchers and 650 institutions around the world. Each project description provides names and addresses of principal and…

This eighth edition of the annual inventory of research on higher education in Canada contains descriptions of over 380 research, innovative, and experimental projects currently in progress or completed in 1979. The projects, entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are in six categories: general (accreditation,…

A total of 263 research, innovative, and experimental projects are described that are concerned with postsecondary education in Canada and that are currently in progress or have been completed in the course of 1978. The information was obtained from a questionnaire mailed to some 1900 potential contributors in universities, community colleges,…

This reference directory offers information about 1,358 funding opportunities (scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships) open to Americans interested in research, creative, professional, or related activities abroad. Following an introduction describing the purpose and arrangement of the book, there are two main sections.…