Pakistan project 391-0366 · 1970 · higher education, universities and scholarships

GRANT PROVIDED TO SUPPORT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS BETWEEN COLORADO STATE AND UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR (CSU/UP) AND BETWEEN INDIANA UNIVERSITY AND THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, LAHORE (IU/IER) UNDER A 3 YR PROGRAM OF DIMINISHING SUPPORT. US AND PAKISTANI UNIVERSITIES BUDGET FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT USAID CONTRIBUTION DURING FIRST YEAR, INCREASE SUCH BUDGET ALLOCATIONS OVER NEXT TWO YEARS, AND ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES BY END OF 3RD YEAR. PROGRAM LESSENS IMPACT OF US WITHDRAWAL WHILE ALLOWING UNIVERSITIES TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR THEIR COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS. IU/IER GRANT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF FORMAL/NON-FORMAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY, AND TEACHER TRAINING. CSU/UP GRANT SUPPORTS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND HAS IMMEDIATE APPLICATIONS TO SUCH PROBLEM AREAS AS ROAD CONSTRUCTION, LAND LEVELING, AND IRRIGANTION. COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE 4 UNIVERSITIES INCLUDE 1)FACULTY AND SENIOR STAFF EXCHANGES, 2)JOINT INSTRUCTIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS, AND 3)COOPERATIVE RESEARCH. CSU & IU ALSO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTERPARTS' LIBRARIES, PROVIDE SHORTTERM CONSULTANTS, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE WOR

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAD-182-B1 (1970). The source's own text.