Higher education and social change, promising experiments in developing countries : reports

TOPICS INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRY AND THE NEED FOR ORGANIZATION, LEADERSHIP, ASSISTANCE, AND GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT. SUMMARIES OF 23 CASE STUDIES IN AFRICA, ASIA, AND LATIN AMERICA INDICATE THE MORE SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THOSE COUNTRIES. (THESE ARE DETAILED IN VOLUME II). PROBLEMS WHICH NORMALLY HINDER DEVELOPMENT MAY BE A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROCESSES IN A COUNTRY, UNSOLVED PROBLEMS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, OR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASSISTING WEAKER INSTITUTIONS AND POORER COUNTRIES. EMPHASIS IS THEREFORE PLACED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INSTITUTION"S WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO LOOK AT ITS PROBLEMS FROM A NATIONAL RATHER THAN FROM A WESTERN PERSPECTIVE. THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY SUGGEST THAT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ARE APPROPRIATELY AND SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGING IN THESE SERVICES AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS: ADULT EDUCATION, CONSULTANT CENTERS, ASSISTANCE TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED LANDOWNERS, HEALTH DELIVERY IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS, EXPERIMENTAL FARMING, MANPOWER TRAINING, LAND REFORM AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT, PREPARATION OF BUSINESS TECHNICIANS AND MIDDLE MANAGERS, AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.