The broad scope of China's educational policy toward its national minorities is examined against the background of its national minority policy in general. Along with providing comparative data on the education of national minorities, this study highlights the dynamic and changing nature of the practices based on this policy. (Author/RK)

Explores the process recently employed in China (post-1966) to transfer skills and information related to family planning via a network of alternative educational institutions lodged in the health care delivery system. (Author/RK)

Concentrates on political organizations and educational demands of Japan's burakumin, a group persistently isolated and discriminated against. Directs attention to recent political struggles carried out by burakumin and their representative organizations through "dowa education" (assimilation or liberation education). Examines relationship between…

Examines the ongoing rural transformation in China in relation to agricultural reforms and the implementation of changing rural educational policies. Compares the Chinese decentralized approach to rural education, involving two-way rural-urban linkages and other alternative networks, to the American extension system. 21 references. (SV)

Explores China's experience in developing higher education alternatives as a means to resolve contradictions between a revolutionary ideology of mass participation and the natural exclusiveness of conventional higher education. Describes six official and several unofficial forms of alternative higher education serving specific populations or…