Planning Education for Newly Independent Countries

Abstract

During the past decade a growing number of overseas students have come to North American planning schools in search of professional training. The experience of some schools seems to question the value of this process or the validity of applying a North American planning education to the cultural, social, or economic conditions of newly independent countries. In spite of various efforts to adapt educational programs available at American universities to the needs of overseas students, the establishment of an appropriate teaching and training program “at home” will prove more satisfactory for the student and provide important and lasting by-products. The export of planning teachers would help establish or support indigenous institutions and speed the process of helping new countries to plan for themselves the soft of development that will achieve their own social and economic goals.