This report on international exchange emphasizes educational exchange between the United States and other countries, statistical data concerning foreign students in the United States, foreign scholars in the United States, U.S. students abroad, U.S. faculty members abroad, and conduct of the surveys. Statistical data concerning foreign students in…

Financial support for international studies at American campuses has been traditionally provided by external support. A quasi-governmentalization of international education, federal retrenchment, and the need for a commitment of internal resources and leadership are analyzed. Five kinds of international exchanges and how they might affect the…

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR THE 1967 FISCAL YEAR (FY), CARRIED OUT BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SOME 135 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES, ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND SPECIALLY APPOINTED BOARDS AND ADVISORY COMMISSIONS IS REFERRED TO IN…

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THIS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROGRAM INCLUDES A RUNDOWN OF THE LEGISLATION WHICH INITIATED IT, A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, AND ITS FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION. ITS HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY ARE SET FORTH, ACCOMPANIED BY PERTINENT QUOTES. STATISTICAL INFORMATION AND A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ALSO ARE…

Issues pertaining to internationalizing the undergraduate and professional school curriculum and campus are summarized by the president emeritus of Western Oregon State College, based on a 1983 national workshop attended by college administrators and staff of international programs. Efforts by professional schools to provide international studies…

A discussion of the German Academic Exchange Service, an agency operating the majority of international exchange programs for university students and faculty, focuses on its role not only in program administration, but also in policy development on international mobility in higher education and financial aid to facilitate it. (MSE)

Facts and figures about international involvement lead to a discussion of international education which concentrates on: (1) schools, (2) teacher education, (3) study abroad programs, and (4) foreign students in the United States. The conditions which allow for the organization of such programs are examined. Funding programs are noted in a section…

In its recently adopted Mission Statement, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) stated its commitment to infusing a multicultural and international perspective into all its programs, with the aim of preparing its students to live in a global society. This handbook has been prepared to acquaint the university's faculty with the institution's…

A cooperative science teacher development program between Temple University and the Republic of China is described. The history of educational practices in China, the preparation of teachers in China, the exchange program, the necessary funding, and the mutual exchange of ideas are topics of discussion. (KR)

The European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) supports faculty exchanges as part of regular cooperation among European universities. Survey of 485 faculty receiving grants to lecture abroad in 1990-91 examined participant characteristics, arrangement of the teaching visit, obstacles to planned exchanges,…

Educational strategies that small rural high schools can use to address important developmental needs of rural youth were explored, focusing on the importance of educational environments outside traditional high school classrooms, (i.e., work-experience programs, student exchange programs, and travel-study). Of the 92 Alaskan village high schools…

In January 1967, the presidents of 6 independent colleges of art having similar histories and objectives formed the Union of Independent Colleges of Art (UICA), a nonprofit corporation set up to address problems common to them and seek concerted solutions. The first step, a 5-day conference, brought together the 2 senior officers of each of the…

Forty-four professors of educational administration who had participated in the Overseas Clearinghouse file, a self-reporting of information about other nations, were surveyed about their activities. The instrument inquired about what professors were doing in terms of research, teaching, or consulting and how these tasks were being supported.…

The proceedings of a workshop on the study of information, computation, and cognition, a field of interdisciplinary research that includes communication research in artificial intelligence, computer science, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and psychology, gives an overview of the status of funding support for the field and the concerns of…

In response to the need for the continual development of those directly involved in the instruction of community college students, a Center for the Improvement of Instruction has been proposed that would be utilized by the staff of all 106 California community colleges. The objectives, programs, organization, and funding of this proposed center…