The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 members work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for all citizens of the West. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among its members and their institutions, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions…

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 geography's place in the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS). Reports that geography plays a small part in ERASMUS, although the rate of the United Kingdom's participation in ERASMUS programs is high. Describes student and teacher mobility, curriculum development, and intensive ERASMUS…

Describes the development and operation of the joint study program schemes that lead to double awards. The essential prerequisites for an exchange program are identified. The process of obtaining equivalence and credit recognition between courses is presented. (Author/YP)

This is the history of four years of common work between two institutions with civil engineering in Europe. The characteristics of the dual degree program are described. (Author/YP)

Discusses issues related to the equivalence of examination results in an integrated exchange course between the United Kingdom and West Germany. A table illustrating credits awarded for the course of study in both institutions is presented. (YP)

Aspects and forms of interuniversity cooperation in Europe, problems and shortcomings encountered, and advantages are reviewed. Existing modalities and forms of cooperation and coordination in the following areas are considered: student exchanges, teacher exchanges, research, documentation and information, and policy and administration. A certain…

An agreement between the U. S. and the People's Republic of China to initiate some steps to a broader understanding between the two countries is described and some of the efforts so far undertaken are discussed. Difficulties in getting significant information exchanges are noted. (LBH)

This English-French report is the result of a questionnaire administered in 1976 by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada to obtain information on programs of cooperation between Canadian and foreign institutions. The programs are formal or informal arrangements between one or more Canadian universities, faculties, schools,…

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of HRD students from Pittsburg State University in the US and the National Institute of Development Administration in Thailand toward a cooperative HRD graduate program. This study was designed to gather information to determine 1) interest in a cooperative program, 2) important cooperative…

An overview of the United States-Israel Educational Foundation is presented. The aim of the foundation is to support educational exchange activities between Israel and the United States. The three primary means of achieving this interchange are: support for the broadening of individual skills in specific areas of learning; strengthening the…

Provides an overview of developments in higher education internationalization, from traditional forms such as student/staff mobility to exporting via branch campuses, transnational university networks, and virtual delivery. Discusses quality challenges, particularly recognition of foreign degrees and credits. Suggests the solution is integration…

In the 1950s, the U.S. government offered several projects to help Taiwan, one of which was the Industrial Vocational Education Cooperative Project. An advisory team was sent to Taiwan to help review the industrial education system, restructure the curriculum, and renew the teaching-learning facilities in the industrial vocational high schools.…

A survey was done of students participating in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) between 1989/90 and 1991/92 to ascertain student attitudes toward their study abroad experience. About one third of the students from the three yearly cohorts responded to the survey (cohorts numbered 553, 753, and 883 respectively). More than half of the…