Reports on the United States-Republic of China Conference on Junior College Education held in Taiwan to strengthen mutual liaison and cooperation. Conference results include the establishment of sister college relationships, faculty and student exchange programs, and joint staff and curriculum development projects. Describes Taiwan's junior…

Presents the benefits and problems of an unusual exchange program involving graduate teaching assistants from Auburn University (Alabama) and prospective teachers from the Ecole Normale (Caen, France). Through journal entries, the students related their problems with living arrangements, differences in teaching methods, and their increased…

Discusses outcomes of a research Fulbright in Sweden, suggesting that there are at least four major areas in which American counseling psychologists can benefit from contact with European psychologists: knowledge bases about psychological events, education methods and philosophies, views of psychology and science, and personal life-styles. (Author)

Nurses comprise the dominant groups of Korean immigrant professionals. A world systems approach, using the idea of migrants flowing from periphery nations to core nations, is used to explain the migration of these and other professionals. The concept of national class conflict underlies the power relations of this phenomenon. (VM)

A proposed National Faculty Exchange, a membership network of U.S. colleges and universities funded by the Exxon Education Foundation, will provide college faculty and staff with a national, centrally coordinated and campus-supported structure to facilitate multilateral exchanges with procedures and timetables common to all member campuses. (MSE)

The names, affiliations, destination countries, and subject areas of the 1984-85 American scholars receiving awards for teaching or research in foreign countries under the Fulbright Program are listed according to subject area. (MSE)

Students in programs overseas for American undergraduates tended to view their adventure not as an integral part of an educational program with clear purposes but more often as an escape from traditional education into an experimental world. Students need to come properly prepared and expecting to work and think. (MLW)

More than 120 nations have Fulbright agreements with the United States. The program, now 36 years old, is intended to increase understanding between nations and foster peaceful communication and discussion among people of the world. (MD)

Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. This insightful volume contributes to the understanding of indigenous empowerment through education, and creates a new foundation for implementing specialized indigenous/minority education worldwide, engaging the simultaneous…

This document contains the transcript and related written statements of a hearing held to discuss the safety standards and practices of study abroad programs. The tragedies that have occurred in recent years are not the norm in study abroad, but they focus attention on this rapidly growing and unstructured field. The report contains the opening…

Describes the opportunities for East Europeans to come to the United States for study on the predoctoral level in the chemistry department at Southern Illinois University in September, 1973. Indicates that 15 candidates have been recommended under this program. (CC)

College students have much to learn from one another. In this article we note the possible values to be gained when college students change campuses and meet various different life styles. (Author)