Review of the Higher Diploma, Hong Kong's equivalent to the associate degree, suggests continuing changes in labor market needs that must be considered in educational planning. However, higher education and industry must address both the economic and the social needs of society. (SK)

Responses from 63 of 137 university directors of industrial liaison in the United Kingdom revealed a need to reappraise the role of patenting in higher education-industry interaction. Government policy regarding the issues of intellectual property, licensing, and income generation needs revision. (SK)

United Kingdom-Russia education exchange shows how relationships between industry and higher education in the West are being mirrored in the former Soviet Union. Peer education has a significant role to play in knowledge transfer, which is crucial to enterprise development in a developing economy. (SK)

The new information economy and the information superhighway provide opportunities for universities to play a central role in the economic development of their regions. Smart Isles, a partnership of 20 international companies, universities, and research organizations, is an example of a development initiative. (SK)

Innovative training technologies are increasing, but many professional/technical staff do not attend. The corporate classroom of the future is the workplace, and computer networks will be the major source of information and training. Teaching people how to learn and improving information retrieval systems are the greatest challenges. (SK)

Improving South African higher education must be considered in the global context of social, environmental, and industrial dilemmas. The policy challenge is translating the academic dimensions of efficiency and effectiveness (teaching, research, productivity) into social dimensions (social, economic, political, industrial, environmental, health,…

Distance education may be offered either through institutions created for this purpose (single mode) or through existing universities (dual mode). Each has strengths and weaknesses, but partnerships could meld the best aspects of both, as experience with professional continuing education for engineers in India shows. (SK)

Postgraduate cooperative education forges university-industry partnerships. Concurrent co-op means full-time employment reinforced by "part-time" study and relevant academic research. (SK)

The University of Warwick's Breakthrough Technologies program links with small and medium-sized businesses to stimulate awareness of innovations. The Manufacturing Excellence Initiative provides postgraduate training for company staff that focuses on best practices and change management. (SK)

The Smith Institute, a collaboration between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and Smith System Engineering, takes a different approach to industry-university relationships. It is based on these premises: academic excellence and industrial use are separate measures of project worth, industry is a patron not a customer, and intellectual…

The United Kingdom's Teaching Company Scheme, which facilitates technology transfer, provides industry-based training, and stimulates collaborative research, was evaluated by analyzing 95 programs. Two-thirds performed well, and one-third made outstanding contributions to competitiveness, growth, and management development. Failures resulted from…

Includes "Science Parks and Regional Technology Strategies: European Experiences" (Charles, Hayward, Thomas); "Technology Parks and University-Business Relations in Spain" (del Castillo, Diez, Barroeta); "Evaluating Science and Technology Parks in France" (Bruhat); and "The Technopolis in Japan: Its Past and Future" (Higashi). (SK)

Includes "Introduction" (Vessuri); "University-Industry Relationships and Periphery Development: The Case of the University of Campinas, Brazil" (Dagnino); "R&D at the Autonomous National University of Mexico" (Chazaro); and "Scientific Activities in Large Institutions of Higher Education: The Case of the University of Buenos Aires" (Estebanez).…