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Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Teachers College Record, 1977
Patterns in which education and intellectual life are affected by the transactions between industrialized nations and the Third World are analyzed, with a focus on organized educational systems, especially in post-secondary education, and less formal structures such as book publishing, mass media, and serious journals. (MJB)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Centers, Cultural Interrelationships, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Teachers College Record, 1986
The author reviews the multifaceted policy, curricular, and economic questions relating to the foreign student issue. (MT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Teachers College Record, 1987
Educational change, as called for in "Tomorrow's Teachers" and other reports, is compared briefly with changes taking place in the Soviet Union, India, and Japan. Teacher education in developing nations is touched upon. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Teachers College Record, 1981
The center-periphery concept, when applied to education, implies that the "central" institutions are research-oriented and part of an international knowledge system, while the "peripheral" institutions are not creative, but simply copy developments from abroad. Third world universities are peripheral institutions that look to universities in the…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Status
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Teachers College Record, 1971
The educational policies in effect in former subjugated countries are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Political Issues
