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Direct linkHanlon, Philip J., Ed.; Murthy, Jayathi Y., Ed.; Rovito, Sarah M., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2023
More than 100 U.S. institutions of higher education hosted Confucius Institutes (CIs), Chinese government-funded language and culture centers, on campus during the late 2000s and 2010s. While CIs provided a source of funding and other resources that enabled U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity, offer supplemental programming, and…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Asian Culture, Cultural Education, Chinese
Mattei, Paola, Ed.; Dumay, Xavier, Ed.; Mangez, Eric, Ed.; Behrend, Jacqueline, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2023
Globalization has become one of the most recurrent concepts in social and political sciences. More often than not, however, the concept is handled without much of a properly articulated theory capable of explaining its historical origin and expansion. For education researchers attempting to elucidate how global changes and processes affect their…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Guides, Social Theories, Social Change
Donn, Gari, Ed.; Al Manthri, Yahya, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
This book brings together academics and postgraduate students, practitioners and Ministry officials all of whom are wedded to developing an understanding of what is happening to education in the broader Middle East. They cover many countries whilst recognising that many more could have been included. In drawing attention to education in Pakistan,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Policy Formation
Ahluwalia, Pal, Ed.; Atkinson, Stephen, Ed.; Bishop, Peter, Ed.; Christie, Pam, Ed.; Hattam, Robert, Ed.; Matthews, Julie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Reconciliation is one of the most significant contemporary challenges in the world today. In this innovative new volume, educational academics and practitioners across a range of cultural and political contexts examine the links between reconciliation and critical pedagogy, putting forward the notion that reconciliation projects should be regarded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Integrated Curriculum, Critical Theory
Riddell, Sheila, Ed.; Markowitsch, Jorg, Ed.; Weedon, Elisabet, Ed. – University of Chicago Press, 2012
The ongoing economic crisis in Europe raises fundamental questions about the European Union's ability to harmonize educational policy across its member states. With evidence that European unity is clearly faltering, many educational goals, including lifelong learning, are in trouble. In this book, the contributors work toward a greater…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Relations, International Education, Equal Education
Murphy, Lawrence R. – 1987
The history of The American University in Cairo, an accredited, private liberal arts institution and the largest U.S. university outside the United States, is presented. The majority of both students and faculty are Egyptian, but the university community is international with members from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The…
Descriptors: Arabs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Relations
Altbach, Philip G., Ed.; Selvaratnam, Viswanathan, Ed. – 1989
A collection of works on the development of Asian universities is presented, focusing on an aspect of higher education not previously analyzed: the contemporary impact of Western academic systems in Asia. Eleven papers fall into three sections following the introduction, "Twisted Roots: The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education," (P.…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History
Download full textInstitute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1975
Asian universities are facing problems of maturing institutions. Having built up their resources, they must now find means of sustaining these resources and of matching their capacities more closely to Asian needs. This process is complicated by the status of many Asian universities as hybrid institutions largely based on Western models. As useful…
Descriptors: Administration, Coordination, Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation
Cutts, Robert L. – 1997
This book addresses issues of American-Japanese relations by focusing on how the Japanese educational system molds the Japanese people and culture. It identifies the vital determining issue in U.S.-Japan communications in the fact that all Japanese leaders emerge from the same educational treadmill or "cartels of the mind." This system,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Read, Hadley – 1974
U.S. land grant universities assisted, under the aegis of AID (Agency for International Development), in the development of Indian agricultural universities. Part 1 of this document establishes the historical setting for the partnership of the American-Indian project. It reviews the origin of the U.S. land grant universities, relates this origin…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Blankenship, Glen; Brown, Christopher; Johnson-White, Julia; Moffitt, Louisa; Papp, Daniel – 1998
This instructional guide is intended to be used with the six-part videotape "Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics in Transition." The guide comprises essays that provide critical background information needed to understand the issues and events under discussion, which are the new countries that have grown out of the former Soviet…
Descriptors: European History, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Higher Education
Lefever, Ernest W., Ed. – 1977
This monograph contains a critical examination of President Carter's view on ethics and foreign policy as expressed in his commencement speech at Notre Dame University on May 22, 1977. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 contains Mr. Carter's speech entitled, "Power for Humane Purposes." Part 2 contains nine responses to the…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Democracy, Ethics
Burn, Barbara B. – 1971
In each of the countries studied in this report, colleges and universities have been adapted to national conditions, customs, social structures, and political systems; but familiar trends are visible. Among the most important trends are rapid enrollment growth and a movement toward universal access; rising expenditures; increasing public support;…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Role, Comparative Education, Educational Finance
Burns, Robin J., Ed.; Aspeslagh, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The Peace Education Commission (PEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) has been the forum for peace educators to come together, to exchange and to share ideas, materials and experiences over three decades. This book draws from key papers from different areas and times of peace education work to show the richness of ideas and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Higher Education
Spitzberg, Irving, J., Jr., Ed. – 1980
The role of the universities in the international distribution of knowledge is examined. An introduction by Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr. provides an overview of the volume. Part I: Analytical Context includes: "Universities and the New International Order: A Conceptual Analysis" (Spitzberg); "Knowledge as a Commodity: The Inequities of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Economics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
