This document offers two lists of universities within the United States that are participating, with the South African Information Exchange (SAIE) program. The SAIE was created to facilitate the sharing of experiences and expertise both among academic institutions in the United States in South Africa, and in other countries and among assistance…

These guidelines were designed for teachers, school administrators, parents, and students to aid their investigation and selection of foreign excursion programs. There are hundreds of travel programs available to high school and college students. Some provide formal education; some include living with a host family, while others feature guided…

Vocational and technical schools can capitalize upon cooperative faculty source programs. These institutions should also take the initiative and propose modified second career cooperative arrangements with companies in their own geographic regions. A few major corporations now have unique programs that provide financial incentives for potential…

A small-scale, short-term institution strengthening project between the College of the Arts, Science, and Technology (CAST) in Jamaica and the University of Minnesota College of Home Economics focused on the improvement of vocational teacher education in Jamaica. CAST's technical teacher education program currently prepares teachers in the areas…

Cross-cultural orientation programs are generally intended to help sojourners in countries with cultures that are different from their own to make practical preparations for living abroad; communicate with people in the host country; avoid social errors; refrain from judging the host culture against their own cultural norms; and cope with culture…

Recent action by the North Carolina General Assembly encouraged an even stronger link between teacher education in colleges and universities and classroom teachers through programs of teacher exchange. The plan presented in this document provides a procedure for implementing a functional long-range program of faculty-teacher exchange between East…

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,…

This article covers resolutions of the U.S. National Commission for Unesco (32d meeting, Washington, D.C., October 1968), expressing concern over recent Congressional action on appropriations for international education.

Widespread attention to the concept of teacher burnout along with theories and prescriptions for dealing with "midlife crises" have implications for the tenured higher education faculty in communication education. To avert such problems college administrative staff can promote faculty development through (1) a systematic approach to long-term…

TEACHERS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH IN A DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC AREA FOR FROM 1 TO 5 DAYS. THE PURPOSES WERE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AWARE OF THE SIMILARITIES AND THE DIFFERENCES IN VARIED TYPES OF TEACHING SITUATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH COMMON EXPERIENCES TO SERVE AS BACKGROUND FOR THE FALL PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS. THE…

This publication is divided into two parts. The first part, "Study Abroad for High School Age Youth: Status, Purposes, and Proposed Directions," is by Stephen H. Rhinesmith. This article describes the status of study abroad programs in secondary education, discusses the purposes of such study, and proposes directions for future developments that…

This bibliography was organized for the pruposes of (1) enhancing the capability of interested scholars to pursue research in the foreign student field; (2) indicating to foreign student researchers the wealth of data and information available from areas of psychology, sociology, and anthropology; (3) emphasizing the need for more longitudinal and…

Growth and present status of graduate programs, major research interests, and potential for US-Brazilian collaboration indicate the present state of rural sociology in Brazil. In contrast to US rural sociology's identity crisis of the past decade, the field in Brazil has blossomed. Graduate programs are underway at universities of Rio Grande do…