Information on 133 higher education consortia is presented in this directory. Each consortium meets the following criteria: voluntary, formal organization; includes at least two member institutions; undertakes more than a single program; is administered by a professional director; and receives continuing membership support. For each consortium,…

This report on international exchange emphasizes educational exchange between the United States and other countries, statistical data concerning foreign students in the United States, foreign scholars in the United States, U.S. students abroad, U.S. faculty members abroad, and conduct of the surveys. Statistical data concerning foreign students in…

Describes VaCIE-CEMP, a faculty/staff exchange program between the Virginia Community College System and schools in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands. States that participants pair up with their overseas equivalent and exchange houses, keeping costs to a minimum. Reports that during the two-week visits,…

The booklet describes and presents recommendations for improving the Fulbright-Hays exchange program. The program comprises an international visitor program and a two-way exchange of research scholars, lecturers, teachers, and graduate students. The major objective of the program is to increase mutual understanding between people of the United…

Financial support for international studies at American campuses has been traditionally provided by external support. A quasi-governmentalization of international education, federal retrenchment, and the need for a commitment of internal resources and leadership are analyzed. Five kinds of international exchanges and how they might affect the…

The report gives the background on the association of these states in an international education effort directed at Central American nations. The basic objectives of the project are: 1) to develop school-to-school projects in the United States and abroad involving 2 to 3 year exchange of teachers, pupils, curriculum materials, and ideas for…

The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) aids the European Commission in encouraging promotion and development of vocational education and training (VET) at the community level. The work program for 1999 document has three sections. In section 1, "Developing knowledge and expertise," 12 projects relate to…

A staff exchange project designed to provide for an exchange of vocational education teachers and administrators with supervisors and technicians from business and industry is presented in this handbook. A step-by-step plan, for use at State, regional, and local levels, is given for initiating, planning, and implementing an exchange project. Six…

Guidelines that are designed to facilitate interinstitutional resource sharing are presented for trustees, legislators, business and lay leaders and educators based on a 1981 national conference. Attention is directed to the range of potential benefits of resource sharing, the structures and processes for achieving resource sharing, and the action…

The Fulbright-Hays Teaching Exchange with Germany is a one-for-one exchanqe for approximately twenty pairs of American and German teachers. American elementary and secondary school teachers as well as college instructors and assistant professors replace their German counterparts for an academic year at either a "Hauptschule" (a…

A comparative analysis of China's scholarly relations with the developed capitalist world explains China's policies; examines Sino-European scholarly exchange and American, Canadian, and Japanese exchange policies and programs; and intends to identify policies likely to contribute to cultural and educational autonomy or increase hazards of…

This paper discusses in a general way the decline of use of the Romanian language among second and third-generation Romanian-Americans, and then it points to the state of the study of English as a foreign language in the Romanian Socialist Republic today. A brief review of the influence of British English in Romania is followed by: (1) a more…

The Fulbright Program in New Zealand funds educational and cultural exchanges with the United States. The program is jointly financed and managed by the two signatory governments. The program is the principal means of academic and technological scholarly exchanges between the two countries. Programs include travel grants to graduate students…

The Council of the European Economic Community (EEC) developed a plan to increase student mobility in higher education across national borders. The plan is characterized by efforts at common policy in such matters as admission, credit transfer and equivalence, a student handbook on opportunities, and a plan for grants for short study visits in…

In its recently adopted Mission Statement, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) stated its commitment to infusing a multicultural and international perspective into all its programs, with the aim of preparing its students to live in a global society. This handbook has been prepared to acquaint the university's faculty with the institution's…