Full Description
The dynamics of academic exchange are explored by a multidisciplinary group of scholars in this book. Contributors from ten countries examine such issues as undergraduate versus graduate study abroad and the purpose and effect of sending students to foreign countries. Drawing on their experiences as administrators and faculty in exchange programs, the authors discuss faculty exchange, collaborative research, and linkages across national boundaries. The relative advantages of academic exchange in different fields are examined, and cross-cultural perspectives from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are compared. The consensus of the contributors is that universities are a vital means of breaking down the barriers of nationalism by promoting a constant and free exchange of scholarship.
Contents
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
