This monograph on community colleges and international/intercultural education begins with a rationale for international education, which emphasizes North American students' low level of awareness of international affairs and events and the importance of a knowledge of other societies in an increasingly interdependent world. After citing various…

Describes a study conducted at Weston (Connecticut) High School of the language skills and attitude changes of a group of students participating in an overseas study program. The goals of the program were to increase participants' understanding and appreciation of another culture, and to provide stimulus for language learning. (Author/CLK)

This directory is intended to provide foreign language educators as well as persons interested in foreign languages and cultures with a convenient reference guide containing information on the availability of resources and services that can help enrich classroom instruction and independent study. Two major sources of information and services for…

An in-progress research project evaluating the first phase of two-year bilingual exchange programs is described. The exchange programs being evaluated are a summer exchange between groups of school children from schools in Quebec and Ontario and a school-year exchange between groups of children from schools in the same provinces. The objectives of…

The relation of veterinarian manpower of the WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education) states to the veterinary medicine graduates of the WICHE student exchange programs (SEP) is presented. The states included in the WICHE program are Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. Tables…

The main aim of this 1963-67 exchange program was to try, under the auspices of both a British and an American university (Hull and Rochester, New York,) to develop relations between the two communities involved, and to enable participants to become better acquainted with the host country than would be possible through the usual kind of vacation…

Described is a state-wide exchange program of Black and some White students involving five Florida higher education institutions. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the program is an intellectual and cultural exchange, designed to encourage preprofessional and pregraduate Black students considering graduate study. (JMD)

Author discusses international educational exchanges' lack of unqualified success. One world dream not for everyone, as author cites examples of reaction to international exchange. Foreign student advisors must create means by which international understanding is promoted. Author states ways to accomplish this. World interdependence is now a…

This report describes the activities and operations of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Over the past 12 months, WICHE member states have faced the toughest financial times in recent memory. Higher education in member states, as in the rest of the country, has been hit hard, with midyear budget cuts, reduced…

The overseas studies program and cross-cultural general studies for freshmen at Lewis and Clark College are described. The overseas program sends students abroad "regardless of class status, grade point average, or major." All the general studies sequences are team taught, without a primary text, using a comprehensive reading list. (MLW)

A consortia model for colleges within a short distance of each other is described. Particular attention is given to the components of consortial infrastructure: the policy board and the role of the deans, the consortium director, the campus program coordinators, and the students' departmental boards. (Author/MLW)

The Australia-Indonesia Institute developed a program to promote greater mutual understanding between Indonesians and rural Australians, in which Indonesian teacher education students spent a month in rural New South Wales, Australia. They taught Indonesian language and culture in 47 local schools and gave rural teachers of Indonesian the…

Patterns in international educational exchange since World War II are examined through analysis of college student exchange from 18 developing nations, particularly to the United States. Focus is on the importance of specific economic factors, educational opportunities, and public policy variables. Implications for international exchange in a…

Intended for administrators of schools within the Hawaii Department of Education, this document provides descriptions of 34 alternative strategies implemented by small, rural, and/or isolated secondary schools across the nation to improve the quality of their vocational programs. Introductory materials discuss the document's purpose, the need for…