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

    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