By Robert P. Morgan
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E v a l u a t i o n . Recommends e v a l u a t i o n a g a i n s t o r i g i n a l o b j e c t i v e s o f p a s t programs i n v o l v i n g " s i s t e r " s c h o o l s a n d c o n s o r t i a o f U . S . schools t h a t a s s i s t LDC i n s t i t u t i o n s . Calls f o r c l e a r l y s t a t e d o b j e c t i v e s and an e v a l u a t i o n phase f o r f u t u r e p r o g r a m s . Wants c r i t e r i a and means d e v e l o p e d f o r e v a l uation o f U . S . f a c u l t y performance.
After completing t h e i r education, including d e t e r m i n a t i o n of r e a s o n s for f a i l u r e to r e t u r n to t h e i r h o m e c o u n t r i e s . Many U. S. u n i v e r s i t i e s had higji e x p e c t a t i o n s for the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Education A c t in anticipation of obtaining financial s u p p o r t and developed v a r i o u s educational p r o g r a m s , s o m e of which h a v e fallen b y t h e w a y s i d e . Some funds did b e c o m e a v a i l a b l e through the Office of Education and the National Defense Education Act for g e o g r a p h i c a r e a p r o g r a m s and language p r o g r a m s , but s u p p o r t h a s lagged in r e c e n t y e a r s .
The balance o f t h e c e n t r a l l y - f u n d e d technical a s s i s t a n c e program, concerned w i t h t h e a d a p t a t i o n and a p p l i c a t i o n o f a g r i c u l t u r a l and n u t r i t i o n t e c h n o l o g y . 3. Strengthening developing country institutions in research, t e a c h i n g , e x t e n s i o n and o t h e r s e r v i c e s e s s e n t i a l t o a g r i cultural development. 4. A d v i s o r y services t o developing country governments and p r i v a t e s e c t o r s on such f o o d a n d n u t r i t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t a c t i v i t i e s as a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t i o n a n d m a r k e t i n g , c r e d i t , i r r i g a t i o n and w a t e r management, g e n e r a l n u t r i t i o n p r o j e c t s , and t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n c e f o r r u r a l d e v e l o p m e n t , i n w h i c h developing o r strengthening o f research, educational o r e x t e n s i o n c a p a b i l i t i e s , t h o u g h o f t e n an i m p o r t a n t b y - p r o d u c t , is not the central purpose.