GRANT TO STRENGTHEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BERKELEY) ITS PROGRAM ON FINANCE, COST AND EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PROJECT EMPHASIZES EDUC RESEARCH TO ASSIST LDC"S IN THE DEVEL OF TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING EDUC COSTS, EFFICIENCY AND OUTPUT IN FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUC. EDUC-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RESEARCH, TRNG, DISSEMINATION OF NEW PRINCIPLES AND INNOVATIVE MTHDS, PARTICIPATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF COOP INSTIT AND SCHOLARS AND COMMUNIC SERVICES TO INTRNTNL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITHEDUC DEVEL. PROJ"S RESEARCH WILL COVER FINANCING OF FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUC, ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS FOR DEVEL HUMAN RESOURCES, TESTING PROCEDURES ON EDUC METHODS. PROGRAMS FOR BOTH ADVANCED DEGREES AND SHORT-TERM, SPECIALIZED EDUC WILL ASSIST IN DEVEL EDUC LEADERS. NEW METHODS WILL BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH CURRIC AND WORKSHOPS. A NETWORK OF INSTIT AND SCHOLARS IN US AND IN LDCS WILL BE INITIATED. COMMUNICATION ON EDUC FINANCE PROJECTS (SUCH AS THOSE IN KOREA, EL SALVADOR, BRAZIL, THAILAND, ETHIOPIA) WILL INVOLVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND IDEA EXCHANGE. BENEFICIARIES WILL BE EDUCATORS IN US ANDIN LDC"S; ALSO THE LDC POPULACE. HOST INSTITUTION PROVIDES OFFICES, CLASSROOMS, MEETING ROOMS; LIBRARY, RESEARCH AND COMPUTER FACILITIES; FACULTY CONSULTATIONS, ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT INCLUDING ACCNTG, PURCHASING, PERSONNEL AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS. 10-MONTH, NO-COST EXTENSION OF PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FINANCE TO 12/31/78 GRANTED ON 1/18/78, ALLOWS UCB TO EDIT, PUBLISH, AND DISTRIBUTEALREADY PREPARED RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS. NO NEW PROJS TO BE UNDERTAKEN DURING THIS PERIOD. NETWORK ACTVTS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EXTENSION. PROJ IS VESTED IN INSTITUTE OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT UCB WITH DIRECTION FROM SCHL OF EDUC PROFESSIONAL. PROJ GROUP HAS CONTACTS WITH UCB"S GRADUATE SCHL OF PUBLIC POLICY, LAW SCHOOL, CNTR FOR RESRCH IN MGMT SCIENCES, CNTR FOR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES, CNTR FOR LASTUDIES, COMMITTEE ON AFRICAN STUDIES.