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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. – 1992
This hearing discusses the profound political changes taking place in the world with the collapse of the Communist governments of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and the importance of an exchange of students and educational programs among nations in an attempt to promote a new manner of thinking to go along with the new world situation. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Higher Education, International Cooperation, International Educational Exchange
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1982
The politics and performance of the post-Mao Chinese government (1976 to the present) in the areas of foreign economic relations and Sino-American normalization are examined. Realizing that the four modernizations program for bringing up to date agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense, initiated by Mao's successors in 1977, was…
Descriptors: Communism, Economic Development, Economics, Foreign Countries
US Senate, 2004
The focus of this hearing was on the issues of education of Palestinian young people, funding by the U.S. Government for the Palestinian Authority, and the implications on the Mid-East peace process. Opening statements were presented by Subcommittee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania; and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York. Witness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grants, Legislators, Jews
Seabury, Paul – 1981
Countries of the Western Pacific allied with the United States--Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan--are seriously threatened by Soviet expansion and Sino-Soviet rivalry. At present when the United States military resources are stretched thin, responsibility for defense of these prosperous free states should be assumed by the states…
Descriptors: Communism, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on International Relations. – 1976
Provided is a congressional study which analyzes the interactions between contemporary practice of science, technology, and the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Six cases illustrating the interaction of science, technology, and diplomacy are reviewed and six general issues, including topics such as nuclear power, seabed resources,…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science
Luciano, Debra – AGENDA, 1979
The report reviews briefly the most salient information relevant to Hispanics in the United States during the years of the 95th Congress (1977 and 1978), and provides information on the congressional activity that occurred relating to those issues. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Employment, Foreign Policy, Health Insurance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1991
Key leaders working for international, bilateral, and private organizations presented oral testimony and written statements on how developing countries can be assisted in coping with the AIDS crisis. Michael Merson of the World Health Organization, Richard Bissell of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Milton Amayun…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Children, Developing Nations
Vialet, Joyce C.; Eig, Larry M. – Migration World Magazine, 1991
Reviews and summarizes the Immigration Act of 1990, P.L. 101-649, a major revision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952. The new legislation authorizes increased admissions, especially for those in employment programs or from underrepresented countries, and reflects new attitudes toward exclusion, deportation, and naturalization.…
Descriptors: Children, Criminals, Education, Employment Programs
Frelick, Bill – 1989
This report examines the background of and the newest developments in U.S. asylum policy in relation to Haitian, Central American, and Vietnamese refugees. The following background areas are explored: (1) the change in policy to stop the influx of asylum seekers; and (2) internal policy debate at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)…
Descriptors: Discriminatory Legislation, Due Process, Foreign Policy, Haitians
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1982
This annotated bibliography covers the period from 1974 to 1981, with primary emphasis on documents and publications produced between 1978 and 1981. The majority of the publications cited are U.S. government documents; however, the last section includes relevant monographs, journal articles, and conference papers that were selected by the National…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Legislation, Foreign Policy, Freedom of Information
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. – 1994
Testimony on federal aid to higher education in Africa is recorded in this report of a congressional hearing. Subcommittee chairman Senator Paul Simon opened by describing his hope that more U.S. aid be directed to the relatively new but now deteriorating African institutions of higher education. John Hicks, from the Bureau for Africa at the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Developing Nations, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The status of efforts to integrate women into the development assistance projects and programs funded by the U.S. government was the subject of this hearing. Representative Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat from South Carolina, pointed out that women in developing nations must work 17 hours per day for the survival of their families. Testimony was…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females, Foreign Policy
Department of State, Washington, DC. – 1985
The Reagan administration's annual report to the Congress on international activities in the fields of science and technology (S&T) for fiscal year 1984 consists of three parts. The two chapters in part I (S&T in American diplomacy) examine S&T in American foreign policy and resources necessary for successful diplomacy. The two chapters in part II…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Energy, Engineering
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1982
The items in this report were drawn from the 1982 meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC), which had two objectives: to elaborate those criteria and procedures that should govern the selection of communication projects to be implemented by the program, and to approve and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communications, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. Field Service Program. – 1981
The original mission of the National Association for Foreign Students Association (NAFSA) was to improve the experience of foreign students in the United States by enhancing the professional expertise of personnel working with them. The guidelines presented in this document are designed to assist personnel and institutions working in any capacity…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students, Global Approach
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