At a project panel session, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore and the University of Cape Coast in Ghana described how they assessed arts and crafts programs, which help the tourism industry and the economy. Dr. Hiram Larew, Director of International Programs, Science and Education Research, Cooperative Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, described ALO s higher education partnerships as engines of reform. It contains information on program areas, cooperating institutions, contact information for the U.S. institutions, and project outcomes. It is searchable by area of emphasis, region, and country. Users can browse the data in order of world region, state, country of affiliation, U.S. institution, or by overseas institutions.
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Novgorod State University Novgorod State University representatives learn about environmental sciences education at Purdue University. S even decades of central governance and progressive environmental decay have left Russian agricultural production in crisis. Today, Russian and U.S. researchers are working together to address and reform political policy and environmental quality. This project provides short-term training in the U.S. for key Russian environmental scientists and educators, who return home to work with their colleagues to evaluate and revise existing course offerings and to create additional courses in the area of environmental sciences and policy. The program introduces U.S. and Russian educators to an array of complex environmental issues and sustainable development projects.