Discusses the diversity of science education in different Latin American countries. Focuses on the evolution of science education and its influence on development, especially agricultural diversity, the paradigm of the 21st century and its influence on higher education, and implications for science education. (Author/VWL)

Reviews various initiatives in the United States and Europe designed to increase the number of engineering students participating in international study and offers 13 recommendations to remove barriers encountered by engineering students who wish to study abroad. Recommendations address funding, curriculum, and logistical issues such as credit…

Provides an overview of current literature that explores the growth of language proficiency among students who have spent time abroad and includes a descriptive linguistic profile of students who have studied abroad. (Author/VWL)

This qualitative study was designed to gather information about U.S. host students' experiences in a U.S.-international peer program and about how the program influenced their cross-cultural awareness. Researchers of this study noticed host students' unconscious need for guidance to become interculturally competent and heard their suggestions to…

Describes interpersonal encounter-group class for North American students studying abroad developed to improve interpersonal functioning, develop community, and counter negative effects of group living. Evaluates effectiveness of encounter-group class intervention utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods. Discusses possible barriers to…

With over a million students studying outside their own countries, foreign students' influence is felt worldwide. Most come from developing to industrialized nations, returning home with knowledge for socio-economic development and western values. Foreign study has had widespread effects on academic systems, policies, and costs. (MSE)

A review of evaluations of fellowship programs for foreign nationals to study abroad looks at problem areas and draws attention to methodological issues. (Author/MSE)

Provides an overview of research over the last 35 years concerning study abroad participants' perceptions of language and language learning, the role of the language classroom, influence of the social environment, and the study abroad experience. The impact of students' performance on the language learning process and the value of student…

This report presents an overview of international education at U.S. colleges and universities. It reviews both published and unpublished accounts of curricular and co-curricular undergraduate internationalization. The data suggest that in spite of an apparent national interest in international education, relatively few undergraduates gain…

Examines current ethical guidelines affecting the use of videoconferencing in the supervision of social work students nationally and internationally. Suggests protocols to address ethical and professional practice issues that are likely to arise as a result of using videoconferencing to conduct supervision across international borders. (EV)

In this essay, I explore how two groups of undergraduates ? Americans and Australians ? participate in the reformulation of the "global imagination" through their experiences of studying abroad. Specifically, I question the assumption that the global imagination constitutes one shared, common experience that is the same across nations. In…

An overview of cooperation among higher education authorities and institutions in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) is given, and agreements between those countries concerning the recognition of studies, diplomas, and degrees are outlined. (MSE)

This document comprises a review of the factors which may account for the seeming general low interest among African Americans in migration and for the lack of interest among rural Southern blacks in study abroad. A review of the literature on migration indicates that the following factors directly influence the decision to migrate: (1) costs; (2)…

Japanese students returning from time spent abroad face a public school system in which little attention is given to maintenance of a second language, and reassimilation into the Japanese culture is heavily stressed. There may be several reasons for this attitude: (1) knowledge of a second language gives too much advantage to an already advantaged…

Focuses on national differences in the numbers of students from selected Asian countries who undertake higher education abroad. Contrasts the development approach and the world-systems approach in national educational systems. Compares and presents a cross-sectional model of patterns, national levels, and determinants of sending students abroad.…