This paper reports on the development and preliminary evaluation of "Global Experience", an innovative programme at the University of South Australia designed to broaden students' intercultural engagement through a range of international experiential activities. The paper provides the rationale for the establishment of the programme…

Of primary concern in this article are the long range qualitative effects that the recent Congressional cutbacks in appropriations for the 1969 educational and cultural exchange programs will have upon the national interest. Brief introductory sections cite the historical background of the American commitment to these exchanges and the immediate…

The development of an international education program should be approached by a community college in the same way as any other program, with consideration of the program's impact on the college as a whole. First, the college should examine its reasons for wanting to start an international education program. These may include a desire to expand…

In the past two years, the Department of Early Childhood Teacher Education at Towson State College has completed phases of program development in studies abroad in four countries--England, Israel, Mexico, and Australia. An essential element of the program is a strategy of progressive development. It is characterized by a preparatory phase in which…

Discusses the objectives of internationalizing the community college, reviewing such activities as curriculum development, visiting faculty, study abroad, recruiting foreign students, and providing technical assistance. Describes the technical assistance efforts of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Canadian College Partnership…

Discusses the history and proliferation of programs for study in Spain. The content, location, length and objectives of these courses are various. Choice of a director with the ability to plan and administer a program effectively is crucial. Quality of programs and teaching must be improved. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

This publication describes a type of small-scale college or university faculty exchange format designed to introduce more faculty to international professional activity. The "mini-exchange" is a short-term, low-cost, entry-level experience which provides an attractive faculty development option that can have significant impact on efforts to…

This document presents speeches on topics of broad interest and concern to all those working in the field of international educational exchange. Speeches include discussions of (1) the law permitting foreign students to come to the United States to pursue an education and how the law applies to foreign student programs; (2) the American…

Books, pamphlets, articles, and public laws and regulations are listed in this selected bibliography. Major attention is given to international fellowships, scholarships, and exchange of persons programs, and to counseling and program planning for exchange visitors from other countries. There is a shorter section for reports on exchange programs.…

Most preservice teacher training institutions are aware of both the charge placed upon them to develop international understanding and the idea of the human family. The finite nature of the world, whose future rests on appropriate organization and ethical interaction, has made it imperative that teachers help children of the 21st century…

The Binational Program promotes the continuity of education for approximately 45,000 students who migrate between Mexico and the United States each year, a pattern related to their parents' work as migrant agricultural laborers. Begun in California, the program now encompasses approximately 10 U.S. and 32 Mexican states (including the Federal…

This guidebook explores the significance of international cultural relations giving special consideration to voluntary action programs developed in the U.S. since World War II. American voluntary agencies and institutions seeking to develop sound cultural relations programs will find 25 possible approaches described. Considerable material on human…