PROGRAM IN COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

1. EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 13 NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS WERE RECRUITED. 25 CONTINUED THEIR PROGRAMS. NINE COURSES WERE OFFERED BY GRANT-SUPPORTED STAFF. 2. RESEARCH: A CONFERENCE HELD AT STANFORD CONSIDERED THE "COMMUNICATIONS EFFECTS GAP " (MEASURING THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF A MASS COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN ON DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PEOPLE). RESEARCH PAPERS, BOOKS AND MONOGRAPH WERE PRODUCED. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY AND PLANNING RESEARCH IS NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED UNDER THE 211 (D) GRANT. MOST RESEARCH EFFORTS NOW CONCENTRATE ON THE USE OF MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL PURPOSES. 3. CONSULTATION AND LINKAGES: CONSU LTATION MISSIONS BY FACULTY AND STAFF TO NEPAL,EGYPT AND MANY LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES WERE UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM LDC"S AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON COSTS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, DISTANCE EDUCATION, AND BROADCASTING AND DEVELOPMENT.