Argues that a culture's rhetoric constitutes an interface where the prescriptions of the language meet the practices of the culture. Attempts to identify and suggest some of the differences between Chinese and Western rhetoric that confront an American writing teacher in China. (EL)

This dissertation reports on faculty from the Virginia Community College System who had engaged in academic activities abroad within the last five years. Eighty-seven faculty members completed a three-page written survey that included demographic, attitudinal, and open-ended questions about their experiences abroad. Interviews were also conducted.…

Options for faculty utilization in a steady state are examined, with consideration for their economy or ability to increase turnover or flexibility: early retirement, part retirement, retraining, exchange with other institutions or industry, and fixed-term appointments or lecturer positions. (MSE)

Describes three psychology professors' changes in attitude and teaching methods resulting from an international exchange experience in Great Britain. Each experienced increased job satisfaction and raised expectations for their students' capabilities. In their classes, they used more small group activities and stressed more writing and critical…

Describes a teacher exchange program which enables vocational educators to switch jobs with Kodak employees for weeks at a time to give both Kodak and the school district a better grasp of how to prepare students for industry. (CT)

Discusses the contributions that international exchange programs, group study abroad programs, teaching abroad, serving as host families, foreign curriculum consultants, workshops, conferences, and institutes can have in community college staff development programs. Presents guidelines, potential problems, and implications for action. (MB)

Presents seven chemistry experiments, courses, and laboratory activities which have been done by some college chemistry teachers as a way of exchanging new ideas. (HM)

Describes possible implementation efforts in international education by community colleges, emphasizing faculty and student exchanges between Canadian community colleges and the AACJC International/Intercultural Consortium and citing Brevard Community College (Florida) and Malaspina College (British Columbia) as an example of such an exchange…

Twenty-five special educators from Kuwait who had participated in a six-week special education enrichment program in the United States were surveyed. A description of the program is combined with discussion of participants' sociocultural background and a report on their impressions and reactions. Lessons learned regarding international training…

Profiles the Texas School Teacher Exchange Program (STEP) and presents research results evaluating its effectiveness. Respondents rated statements about the program on a Likert scale. Results showed conclusively that the program is valued highly by the participants with few reservations. (MJP)

Discusses the European Community's languages program, LINGUA. Describes hopes of dismantling foreign language barriers and facilitating the free movement of persons and ideas and the growth of firms and trade. Notes that the program includes continuing education of language teachers, student exchange, innovation in teaching methods, and…

Describes personal experiences of two American teachers who were evacuated from Beijing Foreign Studies University three days after the massacre of students and workers in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese system of education is described, library education is briefly discussed, and student attitudes and interests are examined. (LRW)

Offers guidance on the development of international faculty exchange programs at community colleges, examining prerequisites to exchanges; type of exchange agreements; recruiting, screening, and selecting participants; visas and health insurance; predeparture and return briefings; communicating with incoming exchange faculty; postexchange…

Describes a teaching-exchange visit between the United Kingdom and the United States that reveals the dangers of making too many cultural assumptions. Differences can be traced to long-term cultural divergence and different technologies. (DDR)