Describes the planning process and the procedures established to get the Fels Research Institute Library started in exchange activities through the ALA Duplicates Exchange Union and the MLA Exchange. Methods for evaluating the success of these programs after one year are explained. (Author/MBR)

ISPEDS is a computerized information base and retrieval system designed initially to serve the State Department's Office of International Athletic Programs (IAP). It provides timely information in sports exchanges, competitions, clinics, tournaments, seminars, and associated meetings. (LBH)

Since the mid-1980s there has been an increasing chorus of calls for professors to reimmerse themselves in the rigors and realities of teaching in a K-12 classroom setting. This paper reports on the rewards and risks its two author/educators encountered in their K-12 classroom teaching reimmersions. One author voluntarily initiated a year-long…

This humanistic exchange program for fourth year British students is a model for interested schools. Points where difficulties were eased, such as exchange teachers swapping homes with their counterparts in France, Germany, or Norway provide cues for other schools. Total school involvement results from hosting the reciprocal groups. (JH)

Independent study abroad programs promote true appreciation of foreign cultures. (HS)

Presents a quick overview of British Educational System based upon the author's year of experience in a British Grammar School under Teacher Exchange Program. Significant points to note are: student selection procedures for universities, examination system, and physics teaching. (PS)

Authors recommend domestic interinstitutional cooperation in higher education to meet student demand for relevant programs. (Editor/IR)

Described are the problems and rewards encountered in study abroad. (HS)

Reveals some of what an English teacher from England learned from teaching English in the United States. (JL)

Describes a study of the effects of an international educational exchange program in Great Britain upon the cultural awareness and ethnocentricity of American university students. Findings from questionnaires and taped seminars showed that students became more aware of European politics, economics, and culture and became less culturally and…

A dean describes how she negotiated a program, including the agreed-upon terms, whereby two nursing faculty members will teach students and faculty in a school of nursing in China. (Author/CT)

Describes the exchange program involving materials, faculty, and students between the University of Western Ontario's School of Library and Information Science and the University of the West Indies' Department of Library Science. (CHC)