The political, social, and cultural attitudes of former high school participants in international exchange programs are analyzed. In 1981, faculty members at Indiana University and Purdue University examined survey responses of 57 individuals who participated in the Rotary International Exchange Program between 1971 and 1980. Participants also…

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…

Federal agency programs in support of international education are summarized in this report. The publication is designed to help readers discover unknown programs, more fully understand more familiar programs, and learn more about specific requirements for agencies where proposals have been unsuccessfully submitted in the past. Focus is directed…

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act Program (IPA), begun in 1971, provides for the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies and states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and Indian tribal governments to do work of mutual benefit and concern. In the five years following the program's inception, more than…

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 TECHNOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION SATELLITES IS SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED THAT CONCERNED AGENCIES, SUCH AS UNESCO, SHOULD BEGIN TO PLAN FOR THEIR USE IN EXCHANGE OF DATA, NEWS TRANSMISSION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, AND EDUCATION. GROUNDWORK IN TECHNOLOGY, IN THE DESIGN OF A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IN VALUE JUDGMENTS, IN AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION AND…

THIS PACKET PROVIDES VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC ADVICE TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNER AND USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGE LEARNING TO TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE DOCUMENTS, PUBLISHED FROM 1963 TO 1967, ARE--(1) "VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS" BY GILBERT C. KETTELKAMP, (2) "ADVICE TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNER" BY…

The progress report of the College and University Program covers activities from 1977 through 1980. The primary purpose of the organization is to assist higher education institutions in Japan and the United States in establishing one-to-one international exchange relationships. Program objectives during this period have focused on binational…

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…

This report describes the pilot program for SPINES, a computerized system for collecting, selecting, analysing, and disseminating documents and factual data that have a direct bearing on policy-making, arrangement, transfer, and assessment in science and technology. This data is needed in developing policies for the advancement of science and…

This resource booklet discusses U.S. foreign policy with China and contains questions to help secondary teachers stimulate classroom discussion. The author, who was consultant to Secretary of State Kissinger on China policy 1969-1973, argues that Washington's failure to establish full diplomatic relations with Peking is damaging United States-Sino…

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…

The twelve papers included in this second volume of Topics in Culture are related to the Institute's four areas of research interest: cultural identity, cultures in contact, language in culture, and thought and expression in cultural learning. The articles also examine one or more of four themes which transcend the four research areas: learning…

This study investigates international broadcasters' exchanges carried out during the postwar years. It is divided into 15 chapters. Chapter One gives general background. Chapter Two describes the seminar and Chapter Three the design of the evaluation study. Chapter Four discusses the seminar participants' reactions to the university phase of the…