After reviewing the historical and potential place of the humanities in African education, the author advocates an educational model in which the humanities would be limited in the vertical plane (i.e. over-specialization discouraged) but expanded horizontally into other university departments. [Article is in both English and French.] (JT)

Noting the major objectives of India's Fifth Five Year Plan, including emphasis on cultivation of moral and spiritual values in students, the author discusses India's situation in comparison with the development of other nations and analyzes the question of when or how individual enlightenment affects large groups of people or the development of a…

An educational program designed to give practical information and skills to rural village women in Upper Volta is described. (DE)

General reform in the admission requirements, curriculum, organization, and location of Swedish higher education institutions is described. (DE)

Goals of higher education in the Peoples Republic of China are to teach students to use their theoretical and technical skills to help improve the lives of the Chinese majority, not for individual social mobility. The process is described in terms of admissions requirements, academic standards, curriculum content and methodology, and research. (JT)

The report contains background to the present situation in Cambridge and nationally, discussion of decreasing growth rate and fixed upper limit to future growth, examination of "steady state" problems (e.g. how to maintain flexibility for change within a fixed budget), analysis of problems in transition to steady state including increase…

A relationship between the medical schools of Chiang Mai University and the University of Illinois, part of a national involvement in Thailand's socioeconomic development, is analyzed. Antecedents, activities, outcomes, and problems are reviewed with emphasis on need for sound training, energy, adaptability, and investment of years. (JT)

The author discusses problem areas of Indian education: student unrest, educational and economic development of various programs, imbalances of the educational system, and his solutions to these problems. (BP)

Conclusions and recommendations of a study of the effectiveness of nonformal education programs in the SEAMEO region are presented. (AG)

Author tried to develop an alternative to the strategy offered by Philip Foster (AA 521 911) for economic and social development through educational change. (Author/RK)

Cuban social system has eliminated discrimination, racism, sexism and unemployment and created equal opportunity for all. Cuba is upheld as model for all forward looking U.S. citizens to study. (Author/AM)

Author considered the advantages of teaching students in small primary schools and compared them with some of the advantages of being taught in larger schools. (RK)

The author reminds us that actions in education are based on ideas. The problem is to select those ideas (and ideals) of greatest value. (Editor)

After describing the political context and history of Australian adult education (termed, "depressing"), the author briefly discusses the reports, delivered or impending, of three government-sponsored committees on recommended future policy: on open tertiary education, on technical and further education, and on retraining. He predicts…

Author presented a description of an instructional system that has been developed and applied successfully, whereby a single art teacher's effectiveness has been considerably expanded. (Author/RK)