Discusses establishment, functions, program development, policy considerations, and future prospects of the Latin American Centre for Physics (CLAF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (SL)

Reviews distinctive background features in the development of the Marseilles School of Engineering, Marseille, France. (SL)

Describes Africa's efforts to standardize training and develop cooperative training programs in civil aviation. (DS)

Discussed are the reasons for the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam's scientific backwardness. A development project which will enable this country to become a modern, economically self-sufficient country by the year 2000 is outlined. (BT)

Describes an approach to health and social education about drugs, alcohol, and other issues. The approach draws upon advances in the social and cultural sciences and deploys these advances in a practical way in the context of increasing interest in education about work and the family. (JN)

A Latin American Educator responds to three challenging social questions: How essential is the university in the development process? What are the strengths and weaknesses of technology transfer? How ready are developing societies to absorb higher technical literacy?