This document presents a summary of the proceedings of a symposium in which participants gathered to discuss the education and training of foreign students in the United States and the relationship between this experience and the use of science and technology for development. A basic contention underlying the symposium was that the transfer of…

The results and implications of two major Australian foreign policy reports focusing on the role of foreign students in Australia's international educational exchanges and in regional economic aid and development programs are summarized. The two reports reflect different approaches (humanism vs. efficiency) to somewhat similar issues. (MSE)

Foreign study has been growing worldwide since the end of World War II. There is a significant flow of students from less developed countries to more developed ones. This paper presents findings of a study that assessed two theories of development, modernization theory and dependency theory, and applied these theories to identify the impact of…

A 2-year exchange program between Purdue University's extension Department of 4-H and Youth and Togo's University du Benin, funded by the United States Information Agency, is described. In the program, eight Togolese fifth-year agricultural students spent 6 weeks in Indiana with farm families, and eight Indiana 4-H members--including three…

Using data on the 50 countries with the largest numbers of exchange students, trends in international student exchange from 1970-89 are examined. The United States and some Western-developed nations have remained at the center of the network, Asian and Middle Eastern countries have become more central, and African countries have become more…

Highlights Auburn University's (Alabama) human-resource and economic-development programs in other countries, including an exchange of agricultural leaders with Germany and Hungary, a faculty exchange program with Haiti, student and faculty agricultural and aquacultural exchanges with China, and a number of programs in other countries. (MSE)