PROGRAM IN COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

1. EDUCATION AND TRAINING: TWO NEW DOCTORAL STUDENTS WERE RECRUITED. 14 NEW STUDENTS JOINED THE TWO-YEAR MA PROGRAM IN COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE. 2. RESEARCH: TWO MAJOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED. THE FIRST IS A NONFORMAL RADIO-BASED RURAL ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT IN GUATEMALA. STANFORD"S PARTICIPATION IS IN TWO STAGES: A YEAR OF PLANNING RESEARCH AND TWO YEARS OF EVALUATION. THE SECOND MAJOR RESEARCH EFFORT, IN THE IVORY COAST, IS A 2.5-YEAR PROJECT SPONSORED BY USAID THROUGH THE ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. STANFORD WILL EVALUATE BOTH THE PROCESS AND IMPACT OF AN ADULT EDUCATION USE OF TELEVISION, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION, 23 RESEARCH PAPERS, BOOKS, AND MONOGRAPHS WERE PRODUCED. 3. CONSULTATION AND LINKAGES: STANFORD STRENGTHENED ITS CAPACITY FOR CONSULTATION BY EXPANDING ITS FACULTY. A MAJOR CONFERENCE ON EVALUATION RADIO SCHOOLS IN LATIN AMERICA, AS WELL AS CONSULTING TRIPS AND ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, WIDENED THE LINKAGES OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS.