1st Edition
Dimensions Of International Higher Education The University Of California Symposium On Education Abroad
By William H. Allaway
Copyright 1985
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the dynamics of academic exchange and examines such issues as undergraduate versus graduate study abroad and the purpose and effect of sending students to foreign countries. It discusses faculty exchange, collaborative research, and linkages across national boundaries.
Westview Special Studies -- Foreword -- Preface -- The International Environment -- To Be an Educated Person in a Technological Society -- The Danger of Academic Protectionism -- Affirming the International Character of Higher Education -- The International Roots of Higher Education -- Higher Education Is International -- Aspects of the Internationalization of Higher Education -- Academic and Cultural Dimensions of Study Abroad -- The Personal Global Experience -- “Marginals” Versus “Centrals” -- Disciplinary Points of View -- Sharing Academic Resources: The Ultimate Potential of University Linkage -- The UCLA Experience with International Programs -- Prospects for Sharing -- Beyond Scholarship -- Epilogue -- Report of the Symposium Rapporteur -- The Kind of Education Demanded by Today’s World -- Appendix