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Musil, Caryn McTighe, Ed.; Hovland, Kevin, Ed. – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2006
This issue of "Diversity Digest" grows out of one recent effort to raise the visibility of science in diversity and global learning initiatives. Articles in this issue include: (1) Science, Diversity, and Global Learning: Untangling Complex Problems (Kevin Hovland); (2) Breaking the Pyramid: Putting Science in the Core (Darcy Kelley);…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Global Approach, Higher Education, Cultural Pluralism
Sutter Richard L., Ed.; And Others – 1992
The 18 case studies in this volume represent a sample of the internationalization activities of the California State University system. Part 1 presents five papers on organizing for international education: "Internationalization of CSULB [California State University Long Beach]" by Dorothy Abrahamse et al.; "Institutional…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Global Approach, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski – 1989
The paper describes a model developed through a 4-year linkage between West Virginia University and Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. The American university saw its role as coordinating, brainstorming, and cooperatively responding to initiatives and identified needs of the African university. Program organization at the American university…
Descriptors: African Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1980
Presented to the first session of the advisory committee on Regional Co-operation in Education in Asia and Oceania, this report summarizes the preparatory studies and reflections on the scope and design of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) future programs, as discussed by a group in Bangkok in April, 1980.…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1975
This sourcebook is the result of a week-long conference of about 50 "Study Abroad Advisors" held in 1974. The workshop and the sourcebook are the first steps toward professionalizing the field of advising U.S. students who wish an overseas experience. The sourcebook is designed as a complement to the Council on International Educational Exchange's…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cultural Differences
Jacqz, Jane W. – 1974
A meeting was held April 3, 1974, by the African-American Institute (AAI) to discuss the need for rural change and the strategies for achieving change in Africa. Participants in the meeting included two Africans who have leading roles in the economic development of their countries, representatives from 12 governmental and private agencies that are…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
Having examined the preliminary study of the legal and technical aspects of International regulations in education for international understanding, cooperation, and peace, the Executive Board of Unesco decided to include this question in the Provisional Agenda of the seventeenth session of the General Conference, Paris, 1972. The text of that…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome (Italy). – 1972
This review is a medium for dissemination of information and views on agricultural education and training, extension, and related subjects to the member governments and field workers of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The document consists of more than two dozen articles and comments on agricultural education,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Annual Reports, Curriculum Development
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1961
This study is one of a series of documents resulting from the Survey of Second Language Teaching, which investigated second language learning as a factor in national development in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The aspect discussed here concerns professional evaluations, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations involved in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), International Programs
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Fox, Elisabeth – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
The author traces the origins and development of the International Baccalaureate program as an outgrowth of continuing curriculum innovation in international schools. She describes its rapid expansion in North America, where many school systems are attracted by its challenging academic curriculum. Fox concludes by considering the prospects for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
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Olson, Jack R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
This article describes Project IDEA's origins as a program of the Peace Corps and the assistance it received from the Montana State University Theatre of Silence. In Bohol, Philippines, IDEA has developed a deaf community, a special/vocational education program, and job skills through employment in a cafe and bamboo rake factory. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Adults, Cooperative Education, Deafness, Developing Nations
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Lamb, William B.; Huq, Faizul – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2005
The authors discuss an innovative study-abroad program implemented by a large university in the Midwestern United States. In partnership with a French business school, a program was established incorporating project-based learning, a multi-national student population, and a three-month residency in France by U.S.-based students and faculty.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Partnerships in Education, Active Learning
Carels, Peter; McCullough, Lynette – 1993
A pilot project was developed in which the Advertising and Market Research Center of the Vienna School of Economics and Business in Austria and the German Department as well as the Marketing Department of Miami University in Ohio are working together to collect market research data and formulate a market entry strategy for Roemerquelle, an…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Demonstration Programs, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
King, S. Carl, Ed.; Torres, Sixto E., Ed. – 1989
Eleven papers cover the Language and International Trade Program at Clemson University, similar foreign language programs at other universities, and the role of government funding in the development of such programs. The papers include the following: (1) "The Language and International Trade Program at Clemson University: Remarks on Program…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Federal Aid, German
Communique, 1983
Delegations from Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States agreed to the establishment of a network for cooperation among individuals engaged in problems peculiar to the circumpolar North. The Northern Science Network, established within the Unesco Man and the Biosphere Program, consists of three themes: studies on the…
Descriptors: Animals, Citizen Participation, Cooperative Programs, Ecology
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