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Brownlee, Kimberly – American Educational History Journal, 2010
This article will examine a little known but long-standing group, the Lisle Fellowship, that endeavored to open the world to college students and foster international understanding--or "world-mindedness," as the organization's founders called it--ultimately with the goal to contribute to the ideal of world peace. It will also, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Peace, Fellowships
Robertson, Daniel L. – 1981
The program described here was a special short-term academic program at the University of Illinois for third-year students in the College of International Relations at Nihon University. Its objectives were to provide the students with effective training in English and an introduction to American history and culture which would be relevant to their…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
Hanna, G.; And Others – 1980
This is the final report of an evaluation of exchange programs operating under the Canadian Bilingual Exchange Secretariat. Two types of exchange programs are evaluated: a summer program between groups of secondary students from selected schools in Quebec and Ontario, and a school-year program between groups of students from selected schools in…
Descriptors: Culture Contact, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
Sklarz, David P. – Executive Educator, 1991
Meeting teachers' differing training needs calls for an assortment of staff development strategies to be selected by the teachers themselves. Choices should include individualized education plans, short-term sabbaticals, substitute-teacher teams, teachers as instructors, peer coaching, teacher exchanges, released time, summer workshops, weekend…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Inservice Education
Armstrong, William B. – 1995
The Educators Exchange Program (EEP) was established under a training and educational exchange agreement reached by California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) and the republic of Mexico. In the program, the District provided a 4-week technological training program to faculty at Centros de Capacitacion Tecnologica Industrial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
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Wesche, Marjorie Bingham – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
Opportunities for English-speaking French immersion graduates to do some or all university studies and activities in French are discussed, including bilingual institutions and programs, French language and literature courses, nontraditional subject-matter courses taught in French, academic exchanges, extracurricular and summer activities, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, College Second Language Programs, Credit Courses