According to UNESCO statistics, the number of students enrolled in systems of higher education outside their own countries has increased five fold in twenty years. This article examines the effect study abroad has on promoting global interaction. (JB)

Panel discussion presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), November 27-29, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)

Discusses the history and proliferation of programs for study in Spain. The content, location, length and objectives of these courses are various. Choice of a director with the ability to plan and administer a program effectively is crucial. Quality of programs and teaching must be improved. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

The long-term impact of study abroad experiences was investigated in 27 nursing graduates. Although the impact decreased over time, respondents reported enhanced international perspective and increased personal development. Longer programs (12-16 weeks) had higher long-term impact. Lower impact was reported in professional and intellectual…

This article reports on the findings of the World Studies Data Bank concerning the state of study-abroad and exchange programs in American colleges and universities from 1967 through 1974. Percentage of student participation, funding, and student-faculty ratios are central topics of discussion. (CLK)

Examines the differences in, and difficulties and advantages attending programs available in France to foreign students. Problems of language preparation, limitations in courses of study, living arrangements, and administrative practices are considered. (MSE)

This study used Holland's personality typology to investigate whether the dominant personality types of exchange students coming to the U.S. from various countries are related to the characteristics of those countries. (Editor)

THIS HANDBOOK IS TO GUIDE SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN DEVELOPING OR EVALUATING STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN. CHAPTER 1 CONSISTS OF A DISCUSSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVES FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. CHAPTER 2 LISTS THE PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING IN MICHIGAN, AND DISCUSSES THE RESPONSIBILITIES…

Recommends active cooperation between sponsors of American students in France and sponsors of French students in the United States so that exchange students can make meaningful contacts in the host country. (MLA)

Focuses on the educational relations between China and foreign countries. Outlines China's policies regarding sending scholars and students to technically advanced countries for cooperative research and study. Includes articles on the benefits of such exchanges to China's modernization. (Author/BSR)

A historic American-Soviet agreement establishes an undergraduate student exchange program whose unique feature is that the Soviet students will be allowed to attend American institutions unchaperoned for the first time, allowing them to assimilate into American college life. (MSE)

Some non-educational sources of motives for study abroad are analyzed." (Author/SE)