A look at the educational developments in China, particularly at the international educational and cultural exchange programs between U.S.S.R. and China that have been terminated. (RB)

An address made at the 25th anniversary celebration of the American Field Service. (HS)

Locally produced bibliographies that are available to interested reference librarians are listed together with the address for obtaining each bibliography. (21 references) (NH)

We have been teaching applied molecular genetics to engineers and adapted the teaching methodology to the European Credit Transfer System. We teach core principles of genetics that are universal and form the conceptual basis of most molecular technologies. The course then teaches widely used techniques and finally shows how different techniques…

This document lists the private and governmental agencies active in the conduct of international exchange-of-persons programs. Contact persons, their title, and phone number are provided for each agency while the purpose of each is briefly described. (MJM)

Describes the Agency for International Development (AID) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Scientists and Engineers in Economic Development (SEED) programs. SEED is a low budget program designed to send individuals to lesser developed countries, particularly Africa, to work on a one-to-one basis with local country scientists, engineers, and…

During the past four years, the interchange of teachers between the United Kingdom and the United States has received great impetus, and has been a remarkably successful program in building international understanding. Though the program got under way successfully before the war, exchanges before 1945 were limited for the most part to students and…

Details of the Student Exchange Program (STEP) that will bring German students to fill empty classrooms and dormitories in the U.S. (Author)

A visiting professor from Austria gives his impressions of his 2-year stay in the U.S. (HS)

This article describes characteristics shared by "third culture kids" (TCKs) and gifted children and summarizes lessons to be learned from the two communities. Some of the lessons are from TCKs themselves; the article includes quotes from students the author has taught in recent years. Pedagogical lessons for raising the global awareness…

According to the Chinese Ministry of Education and the China Scholarship Council, the ministry-directed agency that oversees educational exchange, the number of international students at Chinese universities rose dramatically over the past decade, from 39,000 in 1997 to 195,000 in 2007 (although only one-third of them were seeking degrees). While…

The ERASMUS program, a program for facilitating student mobility, has a variety of inter-university cooperative programs. The characteristics of the programs, such as student mobility, teacher/staff mobility, joint curriculum development, and intensive teaching programs are described. The benefits and prospects of the program are discussed.…

Describes the exchange programs that existed for a decade in the fields of automatic control and computer science including the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, the "Institut Industriel du Nord," the National Technical University of Athens, the Technical University of Munich, and the Free University of…

Discusses the successes and problems of the U.S.-China scholarly exchange programs. (PG)

Information on 133 higher education consortia is presented in this directory. Each consortium meets the following criteria: voluntary, formal organization; includes at least two member institutions; undertakes more than a single program; is administered by a professional director; and receives continuing membership support. For each consortium,…