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...Short-term bilingual education, which may offer a full curriculum but is directed toward moving students into English-language classes as rapidly as possible. In a report last month by a Twentieth Century Fund task force, members who were disillusioned with the performance of elaborate bilingual programs urged diversion of federal funds to the teaching of English. The panel held: "Schoolchildren will never swim in the American mainstream unless they are fluent in English...
Washington, mindful of the $7.2 billion invested by American companies in Mexican enterprise and fearful of economic and political instability on its border, moved in with nearly $3 billion in emergency funds, including $1 billion in advance payments for strategic reserve oil purchases from Mexico, $1 billion in short-term funds to tide the country over, and another $1 billion in credits for such commodities as corn and beans. The International Monetary Fund gave promise of support but in return demanded the austerity program that De la Madrid has put in place...
...have been accepted, and through trial and error, Harvard in the 80s has settled on curricular advice as the export that will best aid developing nations. Despite the University's tendency to be low key--by using individual contacts, and by restricting advice to already existing institutions or to short-term seminars--the requests from developing nations keep flooding...
...have a feeling that the age of the resident advisor is dwindling, and that the short-term program, curricular reform and the exchange program is taking its place," he says...
...debate may never pain widespread acceptance. In the first place, the majority of American firms are not likely to abandon their apolitical stance in South Africa. While they perceive the possibility of long-term risks to their investments if change does not come, they also believe that painful short-term costs may ensue from antagonizing Pretoria. In addition, because nearly all institutional investors appear to be satisfied with rather straightforward policy guidelines on the South Africa issue--including adherence to the Sullivan Principles, and refusal to make loans directly to the South African government--it is unlikely that they would...