HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROJECT

graduate degree training. Evaluation covers the period 11/1/78-7/15/80 and is based on interviews with project personnel and trainees. Project is implemented by the Midwestern Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA). Due to close Government of Indonesia (GOI) participation in the project and superior MUCIA administration, progress in achieving outputs has been excellent. The establishment of MUCIA offices in Jakarta and Madison has greatly enhanced the project"s effectiveness. The project assistance completion date (PACD), however, had to be extended to 10/82 due to a delay in signing the contract. Virtually all Indonesian participants have been selected, enabling 25 of the 40 Indonesian universities and institutes to participate in the project, including 12 personnel from the University of Airlangga (UA) in East Java, where manpower and staff development needs are the greatest. (Several new committees have also been formed at UA, and seminars are being conducted at UA and neighboring universities.) Over 92% of the candidates for training have been placed in U.S. universities. Some 16 trainees have returned with a total of 19 degrees; 10 have returned without degrees due to poor health or other problems; and 10 still need to be placed. One trainee received a Ph.D degree in the Philippines. Although the total number of degrees received is likely to exceed the target, 21 candidates will be unable to complete their degrees by the PACD. It is recommended that the PACD be extended until 10/83 and GOI assume any training costs past that date; that charges for training prior to the MUCIA contract be investigated; and that data be gathered on project paper assumptions stating that manpower development generates employment and increases the GNP, that Indonesian universities receive sufficient resources and can continue the training program after MUCIA"s departure, and that each discipline receives appropriate attention for overall development.