The Staff Industry Exchange Program, developed by the Kentucky Department of Education, allows vocational educators and administrators an opportunity to work in business and industry and enables them to gain short-term, up-to-date work experiences. (Author/CJ)

Provides references to books, journal articles, ERIC documents, and reports dealing with international education and the community college. (RC)

Discusses the role librarians can take in the international transfer of information. Topics discussed include the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), preservation of materials, international networks and information services, international telecommunications, international librarian exchanges, and…

Analyzes motivation in academia at a university in Argentina, taken as an example of a Latin American country, using a questionnaire containing the same 37 attitudinal statements used recently for a large university in the Arabian Gulf. Motivators in both universities are compared. Also describes the Spanish Intercampus program. (PVD)

Study abroad may be defined broadly as "the international movement of students and scholars." US education abroad, for these purposes, includes short- and long-term programs, exchange programs, service learning abroad, internships, and all other program types in which students from the US fulfill part of their education by traveling to a foreign…

The Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) is the national and international voice of Canada's colleges and institutes. Established in 1972, it is a membership-based organization, representing 150 post-secondary colleges, institutes of technology, cegeps and university-colleges, 900 campuses and over two million full- and part-time…

This document provides information about the 1990-93 overseas fellowships of the International Exchange of Experts and Information in Rehabilitation (IEEIR), based on project summaries and reports from fellows and hosts. It begins with an interim report from an IEEIR fellow who traveled to Australia and a letter from a host in New Zealand. The…

The article describes the 25-year involvement of the United States' adult education movement in a "global affair" with colleagues all over the world; organizational exchange, intellectual exchange through teacher education, and direct aid are discussed. The author concludes that there are no intellectual colonies any more, only…

This report on the role and character of interinstitutional cooperation as a tool for strengthening international education rests on 2 convictions. They are that interinstitutional cooperation offers the best available means both for bringing about change in higher education, particularly in regard to its international component, and for self-help…

The Five College Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) was appointed in 1968 by the Presidents of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges to "review cooperative arrangements among the five institutions, assess their strengths and weaknesses, propose long-range goals for cooperation, and establish…

This study of an exchange camping program was conducted to evaluate the potential for developing understanding and appreciation between people of varying cultural backgrounds. The subjects were 31 English speaking Ontario campers and 30 French speaking Quebec campers ranging in age from 8 to 16. Attitude change was determined by administering a…

The Foreign Curriculum Consultant Program enables selected U.S. educational institutions and organizations to bring specialists from other countries to the United States to assist in planning and developing curriculums in foreign language and area studies. The current program priorities described here indicate which areas are likely to receive…

In the introduction to this annual report of the Council for Cultural Cooperation and the Cultural Fund of the Council of Europe, it is stated that while th e year's end did not see the council's efforts result in a full-scale European Office of Education, intensified cooperation and corresponding strengthening of the resources of the Cultural…

Over 6,000 educators in the Merrimack Valley responded to a questionnaire conducted in the fall of 1972 that one of their prime needs for information is in the area of curriculum materials. The Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, in association with Merrimack Education Center, has recently prepared a response to…

The idea of increased interaction between university and school system, for the benefit of personnel and agencies involved, is an attractive one that has been given considerable attention recently. The author of this article, a university professor of special education administration, briefly describes his experiences as a consultant to the Dade…