Emergence of global communications networks raises questions about the nature of pluralism, community, delivery of education, construction of knowledge, and role of comparative educators in a postindustrial world. Ownership, access, and definition and distribution of knowledge will become major policy issues. Networking experiences in telemedicine…

The history of Arizona International College, a four-year public institution with a multicultural and global emphasis, is chronicled. The college evolved as an alternative to Arizona's existing public institutions, with a curriculum emphasizing communication skills, problem solving, quantitative and qualitative analysis, technical literacy, moral…

Changing services, technologies, organization, and ownership and access policies in academic libraries will bring new management and leadership techniques. Reviews literature examining change, management creativity, learning organizations, Total Quality Management, technological advancement, internationalization of higher education and global…

Argues that globalization is undermining the state. Calls for a reconsideration of the concept of citizenship. Points out that adult education has traditionally stood outside the institutionalized education sector and has served a more democratic and radical function. Claims that as adult education becomes institutionalized it will lose this…

Introduces the problem of widespread worker displacement. Argues the problem is more severe in regions where the employment base centers on a single industry or resource. Considers two government programs developed to address the need resulting from closure of the Canadian northern cod fishery and decline of the mining industry in England. (CAJ)

Discusses the survival of the human race in the Third Millennium. Considers environmental issues; shifting from a focus on economic growth to human development; the rate of technological change; the e-sphere, which goes beyond a global village to a global brain; technology in education and in health care; and educational reform. (LRW)

Includes 17 articles that address the role of Canadian teacher-librarians in the future. Highlights include curriculum development; instructional leadership; international perspectives; educating teacher-librarians; administrative support; teaching information literacy; the UNESCO school library manifesto; Ontario's school library information…

Includes four articles that discuss the impact of academic libraries' shift to electronic journals on staff and costs; open citation linking for improved access and the Open Archives Initiative; development of global digital libraries, particularly between the United States and Korea; and retrieving documents from a digital library through a…

Illustrates a method to introduce students to foreign countries and cultures by having students choose a country in which they would like to live and give a class presentation about it. As a result, students become resource persons, research skills are refined, cross-cultural information reservoir is created, and history and geography become real.…

Examines peace education at the elementary school level, stressing the need to include interpersonal and international relations when teaching peace. Suggests peace education can lead children to prosocial behavior. Sees peace as a positive of being. Urges the infusion of peace education throughout the elementary social studies curriculum. (CH)

Twelve things that colleges and universities can do to prepare themselves and the country for competitiveness in the global economy are outlined. They include business-school partnerships, program coordination and development, improved exchange efforts, and inclusion of global economics in the regular and continuing education curricula. (MSE)

Discusses the California History-Social Science Framework (1988), in which history is at the center of the social sciences. Traces the sequencing of history courses from the elementary grades through high school, highlighting the interplay between world and United States history which provides a global context for learning. Examines the…

Suggests the use of cooperative learning in social studies as a way of giving meaning to current international events. Lists six benefits researchers attribute to cooperative learning. Outlines a cooperative learning activity designed to introduce students to the media and its impact on their perception of the world. (KO)

Cites some of the evidence which suggests that the production of carbon dioxide and methane from human activities has begun to change the climate. Describes some measures which should be taken to stop or slow this progression. (RT)

Describes the Newport, Oregon, demonstration marine refuse disposal project and its applicability to other ports and communities. Explains community education and support, refuse collection and recycling, support by fishermen, and the marine pollution international treaty. (RT)