Final report : AID contract no. 497-0297-C-00-1034-00 -- Indonesia western universities agricultural education project, 1 June 1981-31 May 1991

UKY was contracted to provide: (1) TA; (2) training of BKS-B faculty members in the United States; and (3) assistance with the procurement of commodities. While much remains to be accomplished in terms of the total development of the BKS-B institutions, indications are that the project was successful from the standpoint of delivery of goods and services under the UKY contract and the overall achievement of project objectives. By project"s end, UKY had provided 1,517 person months of in-country TA, managed the participant training programs of 194 BKS-B faculty members placed at 31 U.S. universities, and procured and arranged for the shipment of $557,430 worth of laboratory equipment and supplies. Major project achievements included: (1) 173 BKS-B faculty members with M.S. degrees and 50 with Ph.D.s from U.S. graduate schools; (2) BKS-B faculty trained in the English language, instructional methodology, curricula improvement, the credit-hour system, and library management; (3) establishment of inter-university networks in English language, soil science, instructional improvement, library science, computer utilization, statistics, research, agricultural economics, and agronomy; (4) 1,083 BKS-B faculty members trained in their discipline or position responsibility through 44 specialized, intensive, inter-university short courses; (5) 105 successfully completed agricultural research projects; (6) better equipped BKS-B libraries and laboratories for agriculture and related disciplines; (7) strengthened BKS-B institutes for English language training; (8) BKS-B university Rectors, Vice Rectors and agriculture faculty Deans trained in university administration, planning, and organization; (9) a model Job Placement Center at one of the BKS-B institutions; and (10) continuance of BKS-B as a facilitator for university development. (Author abstract)