A 1993 survey of Israeli university faculty by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching investigated faculty perceptions of change and crisis in the system in the context of expanded economic development in Israel. Focus is on perceptions of the relationship between teaching and research and the erosion of the faculty's status in…

Recent reform of Australia's higher education system has resulted in a much more direct relationship between government and universities. Although it is criticized as reducing institutional autonomy, the new interdependence of the entities reflects an official view of higher education as an invaluable economic resource and concerns about…

Rebecca Adamson, president and founder of First Nations Development Institute, compares the values of traditional American Indian economies that stress sustainability and limited inequalities among society members with the deficiencies of the Western economic system. Discusses First Nations Development Institute's view of Indian gaming and how it…

Examines major determinants of economic development in South Korea and Taiwan. Investigates the role of human capital, measured by educational attainment, in driving output growth and enlarging the labor income share. Physical capital accumulation and export expansion affected output growth in both nations. Although technical progress…

Analyzes Singapore's information technology master plan in relation to its earlier national computer policy plans. Topics include global activities, economic development, implementation and use of information technology and services, and partnerships with industry and the public sector. (Author/LRW)

Looks at the future socioeconomic situation of countries in the absence of a means of transporting, acquiring, manipulating, and storing information and demonstrates the essential nature of information and knowledge. The International Telecommunications Union can foster the development of telecommunications infrastructures in developing countries…

Advocates a leadership role for community college presidents in regional, nonprofit economic development organizations. Reviews the types of economic development, ways of becoming involved, and elements of community economic growth and development. (DMM)

Examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development. Considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. Implies that using IT for rural development may lead to greater decentralization. Describes the Nordic telecottage experiments in which 65 centers for telecommunications were established. (KS)

Argues that the semiperipheral development of Puerto Rico since around 1975 has created a relative labor surplus in formal sectors of the economy while increasing demand for cheap labor in the informal service sector. Describes migration of Puerto Ricans to and from the U.S. and of Dominicans to Puerto Rico. (AF)

Analyzes the relationship between information and economic performance in Commonwealth Caribbean countries. The quality of information as a determinant of trade competitiveness is discussed, human resources are examined, the need for information sensitivity is suggested, and information hardware needs are discussed. (22 references) (LRW)

Discusses the rapid development of secondary vocational and technical education in China's Beijing Municipality. Identifies the close relationships among (1) the vocational and technical schools and Beijing's economic and social development; (2) the schools and general education; (3) the schools themselves; and (4) the schools' professional and…

Research shows that academics are either disinterested or slow to react to total quality management, which many businesses consider vital to economic growth. Continuing educators may demonstrate leadership by advocating, developing, and furnishing credit or noncredit activities about quality improvement topics. (SK)

Contends that, although community colleges are heavily involved in state Job Training Partnership Act (JPTA) programs, they have little say in setting policies and are not seen as major players. Recommends steps for assuming a stronger and more visible role in shaping economic development policy in college service areas. (DMM)

The heavy migration of highly educated Asians to the United States since the early 1970s is examined, noting advantages and disadvantages to the countries of origin and to the United States as well as the historical, educational, and economic factors causing this migration. It is concluded that, despite considerable loss, developing countries do…

Reviews trends in Chinese library and information education since 1978 and examines the influences of reforms of the economic system, advances in science and technology, and advances in the education system. Topics discussed include the development of Chinese information industries, and integration of the work of libraries and information centers.…