This research aims to systematically compare the educational concepts between the U.S. and China, to answer a research question: what courses, based on the experience of developing fire services in both countries, should be included in firefighting higher education programs to increase knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)? The authors utilized…

This empirical article examines the policies, perspectives, and practices of building and developing cross-border and transnational higher education (TNHE) programs, with special attention given to the international joint and dual degree programs in North America and Asia. Specifically, this paper reviews the historical, political, and social…

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to present and compare collective efforts of higher education institutions working through regional networks in introducing and promoting education for sustainable development (ESD) and environmental education (EE) in two most significant EU boarder regions. Efforts to support EE/ESD in higher education are…

Joint degree programs have gained popularity in East Asia, due to the growth of transnational higher education in the region since 2000. However, the external quality assurance (QA) and accreditation of joint degree programs is a challenge for QA agencies, as it normally involves the engagement of several institutions and multiple national…

Greater efficiency in research and less interdisciplinary conflict resulted in the reorganization of French doctoral programs. (DE)

Reviews program development, program content, and student experiences in a political science internship program for students from the University of Michigan (Dearborn) in legislative/administrative offices of the Ontario Provincial or Metro-Toronto governmental offices. (AV)

Contains the final report of the 1980 Meeting on the Evaluation and Development of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project. The report reviews conference activities and includes recommendations for the further development of the project in elementary and secondary schools and its introduction into selected institutions of higher education. (AM)

Traces the career of Claude A. Eggertsen, who helped to establish comparative education as the centerpiece in the Social Foundations Department of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Discusses Eggertsen's involvement with the Comparative and International Education Society and his view of global awareness as essential…

Since 1980, the University of Keele (England) and the Katholieke Hogeschool at Tilburg (Netherlands) have been developing joint programs of study between universities in the European community. The problems and practice of developing such links and those involved in fostering an innovative idea for cross-cultural studies are discussed. (MSE)

This paper addresses the question: how can e-learning be embedded in traditional universities so that it contributes to the transformation of the university? The paper examines e-learning strategies in higher education, locating the institutional context within the broader framework of national and international policy drivers which link…

This is an analysis of the findings from three comparable national studies of current change in the provision of initial teacher education. These three studies are: the Mode of Teacher Education (MOTE) survey, covering England and Wales; the Research about Teacher Education (RATE) Project, covering the United States; and the Study of Initial…

A Latin American scholar suggests that the U.S. system for correspondence and audiovisual education has potential for an international effort to improve distance education in Latin America. Special considerations for Latin American populations, communications, and logistics and experiences in developing such programs at Pennsylvania State…

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…

An overview of 19 papers presented at the meeting indicates that countries in the Asia and Pacific region are aware of socioeconomic changes and the need for national educational systems to provide adequate responses to these changes. New personnel profiles and educational training programs are needed. Factors which will affect the development of…