This examination of human resource development in Asia focuses on the role of education in the development plans of the Philippines, and the contributions of Australia to the growth of developing countries in Southeast Asia. (SK)

Describes a study designed to identify factors which students from Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone associated with precollege interest in science and factors which influenced or contributed to the choice of a science major or dissuaded students from entering a scientific field. (Author/GC)

Briefly describes problems existing in training of international graduate and undergraduate students studying agricultural education in U.S. universities. Discusses eight questions related to agricultural education programs and their relevance to the international student. (LRA)

Focus is on the challenges of an international student body, direction and trends in international education, recruiting students, problems and special needs of foreign students, and the role of the institution in meeting these needs. (JMF)

The rapid assimilation of Vietnamese immigrants into the American society is explained, in part, by the community college system, which offers refugees the opportunity to learn English and then move into a vocationally, academically, or professionally oriented area. Northern Virginia Community College's experience is offered as an example. (JMF)

Discusses the international education activities of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges; its new Office of International Services, which aims to encourage and facilitate the development of international programs; and the International/Intercultural Consortium of community colleges. (MB)

Statements before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence with regard to the National Intelligence Reorganization and Reform Act and the relations of the intelligence agencies to the academic community are reported. Issues include covert recruitment and operational use of academics by the Central Intelligence Agency. (JMD)

Individual training programs for participants coming mainly from developing countries are discussed. (RW)

Discusses the increasing diversity on college campuses with foreign students and reports results of a study on end-user searching that employs both gender and language variables in analyzing search success, techniques, and satisfaction. An analysis by language background indicates a correlation between native language and searching ability.…

Presents an annotated bibliography regarding "Generation 1.5" students--those not born in the United States but who have received some secondary education there. States that these students have completed regular English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs and have sufficient linguistic and cultural skills but still find themselves placed in…

Describes an in-class demonstration devised to guide class discussion of the purposes and forms of U.S. legal scholarship for foreign students in U.S. graduate law programs. Asserts that this reasonable investment of class time should result in a significant improvement in students' seminar papers and theses. (EV)

Programs offered by Israel's Department for Gifted Children and Science Oriented Youth are described, focusing on the Ofek School's pull-out programs for students from both religious and secular schools, the science activities of the Weizmann Institute, other science-oriented programs, and study tours for foreign students. (JDD)

The extent of truancy, dropout, and grade repetition in 36 Dutch secondary schools was correlated with contextual variables such as school size, class size, and percentage of non-Dutch pupils. Multiple regression showed that numbers of non-Dutch pupils and average class size were of importance regarding the extent of truancy. (SK)

Surveyed Chinese (N=102) and American (N=148) graduate students studying at the same large American university on the preferences for counselor characteristics, images of a counselor, and attitudes toward counseling and counseling services. Found that although both groups held positive attitudes towards counseling they had different preferences…

Data on foreign student enrollments include the institutions with the largest enrollments (including numbers and proportions of the overall student population), distribution by field of study, countries of origin, and the number of foreign students in each state. (MSE)