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Friedman, Jonathan Z.; Worden, Elizabeth Anderson – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Recent calls for university administrators to advance interdisciplinary research and teaching have suggested that allocating campus space to such initiatives is key to their success. Yet questions remain concerning just what kinds of spaces are most conducive to this agenda. This article aims to shed light on this relationship by drawing on case…
Descriptors: Campuses, Area Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies
Schwarzweller, Harry K. – 1974
This conceptual educational framework considers: (1) the idiosyncracies of national educational structures in Germany, Norway, and the United States in regions which represent a wide range of rural socioeconomic circumstances,and (2) scholastic rank as a determinant of ambition and as a sorting-out mechanism. Social inequalities resulting from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Area Studies, Comparative Analysis
Szalay, Lorand B.; And Others – 1982
Intended to promote mutual understanding and communication between Colombia and the United States, this lexicon shows how the two countries differ in their perceptions and evaluations of dominant themes and issues. The associative group analysis method was used in the study. One hundred American and 100 Colombian undergraduate students were…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness