Register of the Philip Hall Coombs papers
1915 | Born, Holyoke, Massachusetts |
1937 | Graduated from Amherst College |
1939-1941 | Taught economics at Williams College |
1941-1943 | Economist, United States Office of Price Administration |
Circa 1943 | Served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II |
1945-1946 | Economic Advisor, Office of Economic Stabilization |
1947-1949 | Professor of Economics, Amherst College |
1950-1952 | Executive Director, International Materials Policy Commission (Paley Commission) |
1952-1960 | Director of Research, Fund for the Advancement of Education, and Program Director for Education, Ford Foundation |
1961-1962 | United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State |
1963 | Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
1963-1968 | Director, International Institute for Educational Planning, Paris |
1964 | Author, The Fourth Dimension of Foreign Policy: Educational and Cultural Affairs |
1965 | Co-author, Education and Foreign Aid |
1968 | Author, The World Educational Crisis: A Systems Analysis |
1969 | Director of Research, International Institute for Educational Planning, United States |
1970-1992 | Served as vice chairman and chairman of the International Council of Economic Development |
1972 | Co-author, Managing Educational Costs |
1973 | Co-author, New Paths to Learning for Rural Children and Youth |
1974 | Co-author, Attacking Rural Poverty: How Nonformal Education Can Help |
1975 | Co-author, Education for Rural Development: Case Studies for Planners |
1980 | Author, Meeting the Basic Needs of the Rural Poor: The Integrated Community-Based Approach |
1985 | Author, The World Crisis in Education: The View from the Eighties |
1987 | Co-author, Cost Analysis in Education: A Tool for Policy and Planning |
2006 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Speeches and Writings 1958-1976
"Basic Education for Meeting Basic Human Needs of the Rural Poor," typescript undated
"Can Communication Satellites Overcome Crippling Educational Deficits in the Poorest Nations?" typescript undated
"A Fresh Look at the World Educational Crisis," typescript undated
"Opportunities for New Collaboration on Rural Education and Development by International Agencies," typescript undated
"Organizational Strategies for Implementing the New Goals of Rural Development," typescript undated
"The Pursuit of Excellence Education and the Future of America," Rockefeller Report on Education, panel report, printed copy 1958
"How the Ford Fund Makes a Grant," printed copy 1960
"The Technical Frontiers of Education," printed copy 1960
Speeches and articles as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs 1961-1962
Printed copies 1961-1962
Typescripts 1961-1962
Correspondence 1962-1963
Sources for book 1962-1967
"Education's Role in the Developing Nations," Saturday Review, printed copy 1963
The Fourth Dimension of Foreign Policy, printed copy 1964
"Educational Planning in the Developing Nations," printed copy 1965
"What Major Tasks Face Educational Planning in the Next Decade?" printed copies 1965
"The International Institute for Educational Planning," printed copy 1966
"Major Tasks Facing Educational Planning," Development Digest, printed copy 1966
"Panel On: The 'Brain Drain' From Developing Countries," Society for International Development Conference, typescript 1966
"The Global Revolution," The Education Digest, printed copy 1967
"Major Problems Facing Educational Planning in the Next Decade," printed copies 1967
"Raising Educational Productivity," annotated typescript 1967
"Strategy for Building a Successful Planning Process," typescript 1967
"What Do We Still Need to Know About Education Planning?" chapter 3, World Year Book of Education, printed copies 1967
"The Challenge to Educational Planning," International Development Review, printed copy 1968
"The Education Industry," Development Digest 1968
Review of The New Media in The Journal of Educational Administration, printed copy 1969
"The Need for a New Strategy of Educational Development," Comparative Education Review, printed copy 1970
"Pour adapter la pédagogie aux besoins du XXe siècle il faut briser les barrièrs de la vie académique," printed copy 1970
'Nécessité d'une nouvelle stratégie du développement de l'éducation," printed copy 1971
"The Planning of Non-Formal Education: Some Initial Thoughts," typescript 1971
"The Planning of Out-Of-School Education: Some Initial Thoughts," IIEP conference, typescript 1971
"The World Education Crisis," printed copy 1971
Bellagio Conference on Education and Development, typescript, notes, proceedings 1972
"Opportunities for New Collaboration on Rural Education and Development by International Agencies," typescript 1973
"Should One Develop Nonformal Education?" printed copy 1973
"Summary Chapter of Draft of Final Report on Non-Formal Education for Rural Development Prepared for the World Bank," UNESCO, typescript 1973
Review of Education for Rural Development: Case Studies for Planners, printed copies 1975
"Can Communication Satellites Overcome Crippling Educational Deficits in the Poorest Nations?" printed copies 1975-1977
"Education for Rural Development: Some Implications for Planning," IIEP/SIDA Seminar, typescript 1975
"Report to UNICEF Jakarta on Non-Formal Education Activities in Indonesia," typescript 1975
Review of New Paths to Learning for Rural Children and Youth, Shishu Diganta, printed copy 1976
"Nonformal Education: Myths, Realities, and Opportunities," printed copy 1976
Amherst reunion, booklet and letter 1952
Bangladesh
Draft five year plan observations 1973
Ford Foundation, correspondence, notes, writings 1973
Notes undated
Visit in 1973, Coombs and Manzoor Ahmed
Visit in 1974
Ford Foundation and Fund for the Advancement of Education 1960-1975
Indonesia 1972-1973
International Conference on the World Crisis in Education
Proceedings 1967
Program 1967
"Report of the Conference Chairman" 1967
Report in Polish 1968
"The World Education Crisis," report by Coombs 1967
Miscellaneous 1969-1970
UNESCO/UNICEF Co-Operation Programme, "Basic Education in Eastern Africa," draft report 1974
Clippings about Coombs 1966