Japanese universities are encouraging their students to study in the United States. Tokyo International University's campus in Oregon has links to Willamette University. The goal is to form a kind of global university with students spending three years overseas, and then completing their degrees in Tokyo. (MLW)

Surveys the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) on the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty. Highlights milestones in the Organization's history of dealing with the Soviet Union, from containment to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Discusses needs, tasks, and challenges that NATO faces in the 1990s.…

As a result of working on the educational problems in Russia, where more than 100 ethnic groups now control the schools, Stephen Heyneman explores the link between schooling and democratic values. Claims that one of America's greatest potential exports is its tradition of local democratic governance and that the United States could do more to…

Interviews and observation of social work education and continuing education for health education teachers in Hungary elicited ways U.S. educators can help: (1) sharing curricula, models, and information on program design, needs assessment, marketing, and evaluation; (2) educating the educators; (3) encouraging research on international issues;…

Reports on a cooperative venture between the United States and Canada to increase telephone directory recycling. Includes discussion of market expansion, collection of directories, company efforts, building on a base, and broadening environmental commitment. Provides a model of a directory recovery program. (MCO)

Traces the growth of the Internet from its beginnings as the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's ARPAnet. Discusses key issues facing network service providers including: acceptable use policies, liability exposure, the integration of research and production networks, the commercialization of the networks, and the need for global planning.…

Includes five selected papers from the Thirty-Second Annual Conference of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services. Highlights include future possibilities of electronic information delivery; changes in information exchange between the United States and unified European governments; Japanese information systems; updating…

Summarized is the statement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1990. The status of global climate change on earth and possible future effects are discussed. (CW)

Discusses the computational problems of automating paper-based spatial information. A new relational structure for soil science information based on the main conceptual concepts used during conventional cartographic work is proposed. This model is a computerized framework for coherent description of the geographical variability of soils, combined…

Presents the preliminary report of the National Information Infrastructure's Task Force on Intellectual Property. Topics addressed include current copyright law; distribution rights; publication; first sale doctrine; technological protection; copyright management information; public performance right; fair use; licensing; international issues;…

Representatives of various sectors of the outdoor education field comment on current trends: increasing demand for outdoor experiences closer to urban areas; international programing; minimum impact camping education; long-term corporate programing; growth of children's summer camps; increasing leadership by women and minority groups; and teaching…

Discusses the economic situation in the non-Arab nations of Africa. Presents two opposing views of the efforts of the World Bank at adjusting the financial programs of governments of developing countries. Suggests that perhaps with cooperation the cycle of poverty and disease can be broken in Africa. (DK)

Discusses the international negotiations and cooperation involved in cross-national studies of academic achievement sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Criticizes a previous article for its views of which research is and is not policy relevant; the relationship between between-country and…

Describes how Kiwanis club members in Leesburg, Virginia, organized a successful trip to two Lithuanian communities without government support. U.S. visitors spoke to Lithuanians about the role of small businesses and civic clubs in the United States. Possible outcomes of the trip include continuing connections between businesses and between…

Reviews progress toward economic integration and monetary union within the European Economic Community. Maintains that Germany has the greatest influence on the system because of its strong currency and monetary policies. Concludes that a "two-speed" course toward economic union may be the only practical path. (CFR)