This report examines current and historical data on international student mobility, based on surveys of foreign students and scholars in the United States and U.S. students in study abroad programs and the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The 83 data tables and 47 figures and accompanying summary text are organized as follows: (1) total…

When the North American Conference on Adult Education met in Mexico in June 1968, with delegates from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, a gentleman's agreement was made to carry out the purposes of the group on an individual basis, as well as within the group, seeking practical steps for developing adult education throughout all the Americas.…

The proceedings of Phase I of the Italian University Rectors' Exchange Project, which took place on the campuses of three American universities, are presented. The papers and discourses are categorized as to (1) those that have some bearing upon university governance, both in Italy and the United States, and (2) those that focus upon the academic…

Unesco clubs, Associated Schools Programs, and National Commissions report on exchange projects, new materials, and curricular innovations, as well as requests for interaction with others interested in active learning from an international perspective. (JH)

Disputes claims that international scholarly exchanges are largely instruments of propaganda. Focuses on historical and contemporary concepts of diplomacy, and considers differing perspectives of international educational and cultural exchange programs as autonomous entities, part of public diplomacy, or components of propaganda. Uses…

This paper explores many aspects of international travel and study programs, focusing on the part played by such travel programs in the development of higher and adult education. The paper notes the roots of travel/study combinations in the Chautauqua model and the expansion of choices and formats for study abroad in recent times. The increasing…

This study of existing guidelines and standards for international travel by students in local school divisions is the result of a Virginia Department of Education team effort over four months. The interdisciplinary team reviewed guidelines and standards for international travel and student exchange programs from major organizations and developed…

Author surveyed the types of international university relations in which the University of Hawaii is involved. She also established the need to recognize the contributions of foreign institutions and contended that mutual effort makes for mutual reward. (Editor/RK)

This document reports on a regional workshop designed to examine ways that relevancy in participant training can be enhanced in the Consortium for International Development and related institutions, and to develop campus-oriented strategies to implement these methods. Papers, discussions, and work group reports are arranged under the following…

The decade witnessed extraordinary growth in the number and scope of international exchange activities despite brief setbacks. Highlights are reviewed: major books in 1965, The International Education Act of 1966, 1967 Conference on Crisis in Education, growth of specific types of exchange programs, activities of other countries, recent events,…

The University of Connecticut-Keswich Hall College exchange program is a 7-week experience which offers British and American students and faculty the opportunity to learn first-hand about the education and culture of another country. American students go to England from June 1 until mid-July, while British students come to the United States from…

Two academic consortia have achieved success in sponsoring international programs, which any one of their member institutions would be unlikely to undertake alone. The Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) programs are described. (MLW)

This 16-year-old top level leader grant program offers selected mature men from 40 countries a view of professional, political and social facets of American life through unrestricted travel, seminars, interviews with leaders in government, management, education and industry and visits to private homes. (IR)

Describes operation of cooperative programs between University of Michigan and University of Baroda, India, from 1962 to 1971. (RT)

Discusses student exchange programs, collaboration in research, and the use of modern information and communication technology as responses to globalization, considering the needs and aspirations of the constituency of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. (EV)