Crossing Lines

NOEL McGINN is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and Fellow (emeritus) at the Harvard Institute for International Development. He is coauthor (with R. G. King, R. Guerra, and D. Kline) of The Provincial Universities of Mexico (Praeger, 1979), and coauthor (with F. Reimers) ofIInformed Dialogue: Using Research to Shape Education Policy Around the World (Praeger, 1997). He has published many other books and articles on education and development. He has advised governments, universities, and research centers and international agencies in 24 countries in all continents on issues of education policy. He was the principal investigator of Project BRIDGES, a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development to research the determinants of student achievement in developing countries.

• PrefaceA Conceptualization of Networks and NetworkingFrom Group to Network: Sociological Perspectives by Michel CartonEvolution of Networks: Evolution from Networks by Jon LaugloNetworks and Institution Building by Leo F. DubbledamNetworking as a Knowledge System by Kenneth KingNetworking Between Researchers and Policy Makers by Noel F. McGinnTransregional NetworksUNESCO Networks in Education and Training Worldwide by Juan Carlos TedescoCommonwealth Networks in Education by Education Team at the Commonwealth SecretariatConsultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development by Robert MyersNORRAGNetworking, Advocacy, and Advice: An Historical Perspective by Kenneth KingFrom Group to Network: Management Issues by Michel CartonAfricaNetworking When the State and Higher Education Systems Are Weak by Wim HoppersNetworking, Restriction of Information, and Democratization in Africa by Katherine NamudduThe Culture of Networking in Educational Research in Eastern and Southern Africa by Lydia Nyati-RamahoboProblems of Networking: The ERNESA Experience by Donatus KombaThe African Educational Research Network: Progress and Prospects at Mid-Decade by Milton E. PloghoftNetworking in West Africa by William Rideout, Jr. and Richard GilbertThe Educational Research Network in Kenya (ERNIKE) by Daniel N. SifunaThe Botswana Educational Research Association's Participation in Research and Policy Studies for the National Commission of Education by Changu MannathokoNetworking in South Africa: An Aid to Institutional Development by David GilmourNetworking in Support of South African Policy Change by Peter Badcock-WaltersEducational Networking in French-Speaking West Africa: Hope or Fallacy? by Michel CartonAsiaAppreciating Cultures: Educational Research and Networking in East Asia by Cheng Kai-mingSouth East Asia Bibliographic and Abstracting Service (SEABAS) by Zainal GhaniEuropeProfessional Associations and Academic Networks: Some Observations for the United Kingdom by Keith WatsonSeminar on Latin American Education, United Kingdom by Mark RichmondEuropean Network for Research on Learning and Instruction by Noel EntwistleActivities of the Committee on Educational Research in Cooperation with Third World Countries" by Wolfgang KarcherDSE's Experience with Networking and Institutional Development by Wolfgang GmelinScottish Education Action for Development (SEAD) by Linda GrayLatin AmericaCultures of Policy, Cultures of Research in Latin America by Patricio Cariola, S.J.Lessons Learned from REDUC (1972-1992) by Patricio Cariola, S.J.Increasing Network Effectiveness Through Technology by José González CornejoREDUC in Relation to Other Latin American Networks by Ernesto SchiefelbeinAppendix 1: Contact Persons and Organizations in the SEARRAG NetworkAppendix 2: Organizations in the REDUC NetworkAppendix 3: A Partial Listing of NewslettersGlossary of AbbreviationsReferencesIndex of PersonsIndex of Topics