1st Edition

Barely There, Powerfully Present Years of US Policy on International Higher Education

By Nancy L. Ruther Copyright 2002
    270 Pages
    by Routledge

    270 Pages
    by Routledge

    Internationalizing higher education requires significant institutional and academic change. This book addresses how the U.S. federal government affected the development, institutionalization and diffusion of this change process across the higher education system from 1958 to 1988.

    Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction and Overview 2. International Higher Education Through the Lens of the Literature 3. Roots and Growth (1958-1964) 4. Great Expectations and Retrenchment (1965-1970) 5. Consolidation and Refinement (1971-1980) 6. Internationalization: Policy Effectiveness and Program Impact 7. Summary and Conclusions Appendices Bibliography

    Biography

    Nancy L. Ruther