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The University of Guam has been involved in providing post‐secondary educational services to Micronesia since 1965. In 1985 in order to expand its course offerings, provide year round educational service to its Micronesian clients, and to reduce costs, the University began experimenting with ‘low tech’ distance education delivery systems and technology. Since that time the University has developed an experimental distance education model and demonstrated significant cost savings through the utilization of distance education techniques. Distance education has the potential of making a major impact on the educational and socio‐cultural systems of Micronesia. (An earlier version of this paper was presented at PTC‐90, Best, 1990.) more...

In the growing body of literature on the Cuban Revolution, the subject of Soviet attitudes and policy toward Cuba has been neglected. While this neglect holds true for the entire period since 1956, it is particularly evident in the period between Castro's landing in Cuba in December 1956 and the signing of the Soviet-Cuban economic agreements of February 1960.The few works which touch upon this period describe the Soviet Union as having no interest in Cuba during Castro's struggle against Batista and as merely reacting to Cuban events and initiatives thereafter. In contrast to this view, the present paper will argue that the Soviet Union was actively concerned with Cuban affairs from 1956 to 1960. It was, at least partially, in response to Soviet policy that Castro began the negotiations with the Soviet Union that resulted in the economic agreements of February 1960. more...