Examines the key role that the press plays in the Middle East in achieving development objectives. (Editor/RK)

The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) emphasizes development of the community's potential by making possible the opportunity for community ownership of businesses located in East Los Angeles. (NQ)

Whether it be labeled interdependence, or the North-South Dialogue, or haves vs. have-nots, the equality of opportunity among men, both within nations and between nations, is increasingly recognized as a critical, insistent planetary issue. (Author)

Recent moves in England and Wales were designed to give central government more control over the scope and content of teacher education. It is argued that the major reason was disappointing economic growth. The changes produced by these government interventions are reviewed. (Author/MT)

The American Council on Education and the Education Commission of the States have released a report, "One Third of a Nation," proposing that America is losing ground in achieving full minority participation in the country's life and prosperity. Specific recommendations are made for college and university action. (MSE)

Explores the determinants of interstate migration and the impact of migration on labor force participation for American Indians, in comparison to White and intermarried Indian/White couples. Interstate migration was much lower for endogenous American Indian couples, but its effect on labor force participation was the same for all couples. (ETS)

It is argued that while the value of education for wealth-creation is universally accepted, wealth can be defined as the supply of scientific knowledge, historical understanding, moral sophistication, and artistic subtlety as well as the steady supply of material goods. (MSE)

Now in improved financial circumstances, the Ford Foundation has begun a major review of all of its grant-making and program activities in this country and around the world, an effort usually undertaken during a period of retrenchment rather than of increased resources. (MSE)

An excerpt from "Corporate and Campus Cooperation: An Action Agenda" (a report from the Business-Higher Education Forum) explains some methods for strengthening the link between the business and education communities. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the role of deficit spending in the American economy during the last 50 years. Whether deficits are dangerous is still a matter of dispute among economists. But the deficit is so huge now that we must slash spending and raise taxes in order to encourage balanced economic growth. (CS)

The desire to learn among adults in Pakistan is there, but it needs to be stimulated. How this can be achieved is the subject of this article. (Author)

A practical and organized approach to economic development of a local community is proposed. Suggested data bank components are included. (MS)

The critical phase between the time of commitment and visible progress is reviewed and its chances of success scrutinized. Objectives and responsibilities involving government, business (industrial and agricultural), communities, conservation groups, and citizens for coordinated efforts are assessed. Included is the 1973 E Q Index examining all…

Uses economic analysis as a means to examine societal problems and investment in human capital as it relates to educational trends. (Author/RK)

Surveying the complexity of the regional problems of Latin America, the author emphasizes the need to include a spatial or regional planning component in national plans. (RY)