In spring of 2019, the author traveled to Kolkata, India, to work with the staff of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, academic and public librarians, and library and information science students under a Fulbright Specialist grant. This article describes the Fulbright Specialist Program, provides information about the application process,…

This article features "The Nature through Children's Look," a program that aims to help city children look over the trees that surround them, and to learn about the larger world through observation. The project was born in 2004 in partnership with a Brazilian Government award called "Sibling Schools" that facilitates the interaction of children…

This article focuses on how to teach intercultural communicative competence to learners of English as a foreign language enrolled in a university exchange program in Europe, and help them become "intercultural speakers." The intercultural speaker can be defined as an intermediary between his or her own culture and the other's culture.…

The Council for Cultural Co-operation is intended to promote interaction among European nations and to initiate cooperation in remodelling educational systems. Programs have been created to permit the exchange of teachers and of educational technology, and to facilitate the mobility of Europeans through a system of qualifications equivalency and…

Describes the process by which one high school in New Jersey successfully set up an overseas exchange program with a school in Great Britain. Gives specific details to be considered and lists the benefits of such a program. (HB)

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)

One in a series of discussion papers intended to promote exploration of issues related to volunteer motivation, recruitment, and development around the world, this report suggests that any country starting an intercultural exchange program may face problems similar to those encountered in Jamacia. The national director of an organization that…

This document provides information about the 1990-93 overseas fellowships of the International Exchange of Experts and Information in Rehabilitation (IEEIR), based on project summaries and reports from fellows and hosts. It begins with an interim report from an IEEIR fellow who traveled to Australia and a letter from a host in New Zealand. The…

The Foreign Curriculum Consultant Program enables selected U.S. educational institutions and organizations to bring specialists from other countries to the United States to assist in planning and developing curriculums in foreign language and area studies. The current program priorities described here indicate which areas are likely to receive…

In the introduction to this annual report of the Council for Cultural Cooperation and the Cultural Fund of the Council of Europe, it is stated that while th e year's end did not see the council's efforts result in a full-scale European Office of Education, intensified cooperation and corresponding strengthening of the resources of the Cultural…

An analysis of the history of U.S.-Soviet exchanges suggests answers to questions that a number of private foundations have raised about the range and effectiveness of such programs. Government-sponsored exchange activity grew from the late 1950's through the 1970's. Since the beginning of the Reagan administration, government funding has…

Canada World Youth enables young Canadians to live in another part of Canada with youths from a developing country for several months while volunteering in community projects. Then they move as a group to the partner country for several months where the program structure is the same. Participants acquire the skills and values necessary to…

The College and University Partnership Program was designed to facilitate partnership arrangements between American private colleges and regional state universities and comparable Japanese universities. The two-year program has two main areas of activity--completion of surveys on higher education in the two nations and the development of pilot…

Volunteering is defined and discussed, and the new volunteer on the international scene, the "citizen diplomat," is profiled. The National Council for Community Services to International Visitors (CONSERV), a national program that coordinates services at the community level with national "sending" agencies, is described. (MLW)

Describes the experiences of a Virginia hospitality management and culinary arts instructor's exchange visit to Northern Ireland. Offers advice for future travelers and exchange coordinators. (NB)