Describes the planning and activities of a two-day exchange program between urban and rural students. Includes 13 responses from a student developed poll administered before the exchange took place. (JN)

Describes an American teacher's experiences working with students at the Foreign Languages Institute in China. The author found that students were highly motivated to learn about the United States, its language and culture. He found that his efforts to teach about it, however, were impeded by government intervention and cultural differences. (AM)

Describes an international understanding program at the UNESCO Associated School, Kaitaa Secondary School in Espoo, Finland. Objectives of the program are to promote international awareness and readiness for cooperation among students in our school and abroad. (CK)

A five-college committee on international programs (University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College) is described. Most programs keep the cost to the student in the same range as normal tuition, etc. and students are enrolled in the normal courses of their overseas host institutions. (MLW)

Discusses the history and proliferation of programs for study in Spain. The content, location, length and objectives of these courses are various. Choice of a director with the ability to plan and administer a program effectively is crucial. Quality of programs and teaching must be improved. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Vocational instructors and administrators keep up to date on new jobs and equipment by working for brief periods in industry. (Author)

Describes the International Sibling Program at Lewiston-Porter High School in Youngstown, New York. Notes that 10 "sibling schools" in eight countries participate by exchanging faculty and students. Suggests that the program has given students, staff, and the community many opportunities to interact with the real world. (RS)

Describes experiences of two career planning and placement administrators, one from New Hampshire and the other from California, who traded jobs and houses in nine-year long professional exchange. Concludes that exchange was a highly successful professional development experience. (Author/NB)

The long-term impact of study abroad experiences was investigated in 27 nursing graduates. Although the impact decreased over time, respondents reported enhanced international perspective and increased personal development. Longer programs (12-16 weeks) had higher long-term impact. Lower impact was reported in professional and intellectual…

Inspired by Sister Cities International and the NASSP's school-to-school exchange program, "sister school" pairings have proved to be workable educational programs with long-range impact on participants. Some post-cold war efforts include U.S.-USSR High School Academic Partnerships, Project Harmony, and Center for U.S.-USSR Initiatives.…

Provides a step-by-step "roadmap" for initiating and developing international programs on campus, including study abroad programs and services for incoming non-native students and faculty. Includes a list of additional resources. (EV)

Examines the exchange of publications, professional goals, and techniques between Russian and United States libraries and librarians following World War I. Discusses Russian and U.S. initiatives, U.S. librarian attitudes toward the Soviet experiment and Soviet librarianship, and Soviet librarian attitudes toward the U.S. and its library practices.…

For more than forty years the governments of the United States and Cuba have maintained an adversarial relationship toward one another. Much of the negativity is expressed through verbal accusations, but at times there have been several destabilizing and sometimes dangerous actions by one or both governments such as the 1962 Missile Crisis,…

The study has two purposes: (1) to review the current status of international education in higher education in the United States, and (2) to indicate current and future needs in the field. International education is defined broadly to encompass area studies, international relations, and comparative, transnational, and global studies. Separate…

The State of Louisiana has instituted a number of educational programs to meet the needs of a large French- and Spanish-speaking population. For the French-speaking population, the program is designed to improve and expand the teaching of French at all educational levels and to preserve and protect the French cultural heritage. Contact and…