Title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1971 authorizes the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies to or from states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and Indian tribal governments to do work of mutual benefit and concern. Examples of such exchanges are reported. (LBH)

The American Council on International Sports (ACIS), with a State Department grant, planned, organized, and conducted a program designed to revolutionize physical education and sports in all Iranian public schools. Some of the results are discussed. (LBH)

Asserts that cross-cultural context provides opportunity to practice highly skilled perspective taking, an occupational necessity for counselors, and in addition, cross-cultural context teaches one about American culture. Calls Fulbright program excellent choice for counseling psychologists because its value base - seeking world peace through…

Presents a model for retraining community college faculty in career programs involving a staff exchange process between industry and education. Sees benefits as improved college responses to fluctuations in industrial labor needs and changing faculty supply in high-demand occupations. (DMM)

This evaluation report documents the CIVITAS program's progress toward its five stated goals: (1) acquaint educators from Eastern and Central Europe with exemplary curricular and teacher training programs in civic education developed in the United States; (2) assist educators from Eastern and Central Europe in adapting and implementing effective…

Part I appeared in the December 1971 issue of American Foreign Language Teacher.'' (DS)

Foreign students in America resent lack of personal relationships, financial disadvantages, social discrimination, irrelevant curriculum, immigration regulations and their exclusion from governing bodies. (IR)

Unique endeavor in the field of educational and cultural exchange, for those who do not find a place for themselves in the usual academic programs. (IR)

Recounts experiences of a British Columbia Institute of Technology librarian on a six-month job exchange with a New South Wales Institute of Technology (Australia) counterpart, and offers planning hints for librarians interested in preparing for a mid-career move. (EJS)

Reviews community college international education programs supported by the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Title VI grants, international theme conferences, foreign curriculum consultants on campus, and exchange and travel abroad programs. Presents recommendations for starting or promoting the internationalization of the college curriculum.…

A General Accounting Office's (GAO) survey of government and private agencies sought to identify the inherent limitations of interagency coordination and data sharing. GAO's recommendations to the International Communication Agency, the new coordinator of U.S. Government exchange programs, are discussed. (MLW)

Describes the results of the Global Thinking Project which facilitated student and educator exchanges among 10 schools in Georgia (USA) and Russia during the 1995-96 school year. The student's activity is described as that of a citizen scientist--one who combines the process of science with public policy decision making. (Author/DKM)

Focuses on a video pen pal program between seventh- and eighth-grade classes in North Carolina and Alabama. This exchange is structured around the objectives of developing an understanding of the fundamentals of geography, an analysis of information about the local area, and a recognition that geography differs from place to place. (KO)

Examines diaries kept by 18 anglophone high-school students of French while they spent 3 months in Quebec as part of an exchange program. Research focused on insights into language-learning process provided by student diarists; affective factors in language learning; extralinguistic benefits of exchange; and ways in which the diaries supplement…

Describes a Sister Schools Program involving preschool children in Vail, Colorado, and Teaneck, New Jersey. As part of the program, children develop photo albums, exchange audio and video tapes, exchange a teddy bear, and compile environmental boxes. Sharing allows children to see the similarities and differences of different cultures. (LB)