Provides information on the French foreign aid program with respect to education that concentrates on the African States. (LN)

Describes how Dorothea Lieven influenced the direction of European diplomacy during the nineteenth century. Lieven, who is known as the leading unofficial diplomat of modern times, used her friendships with influential men to alter the foreign policies of England, Russia, Germany, and France. (AM)

Warns that instead of tying the peoples of the world together in brotherhood, advances in telecommunication foster ever-increasing isolation and ethnocentrism among nations. (PD)

Relates the impressions of a team of community college educators who visited the People's Republic of China with regard to the people, the Great Wall, the educational scene, science and technology, the spirit of cooperation, and the work ethic. Includes excerpts of reports from other group members. (MB)

As FLC programs expand, there is an increasing need to use technology and diplomacy to manage the details of multiple concurrent FLCs. (Contains 2 figures.)

The following lists offer indicators with which a tertiary institution may choose to audit, review, and develop opportunities to internationalise student learning experiences. They are classified under the headings: Staff and Student Attributes, International Relations, Curriculum Design and Content, and Curriculum Delivery. Although they do not…

This article presents an interview with Harold J. Noah, Gardner Cowles Professor Emeritus of Economics and Education and former dean at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. He edited the "Comparative Education Review" from 1965 to 1971, was president of the U.S. Comparative and International Education Society in 1973, and is…

On September 29-30, 2007, FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education presented a weekend of discussion on "Teaching Military History: Why and How" for 35 teachers from 22 states across the country. The institute was held at the First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois and co-sponsored by the Cantigny First Division Foundation.…

In this article, the author talks about the situation of Muslims in Western countries such as the United States. Here, the author talks about his experience wherein his visa was being revoked in late July 2004. The reason is that he made donations totaling approximately $900 to a Swiss Palestinian-support group that is now on the American…

Internationalization is nothing new in higher education, but its meaning has expanded over the years. Three generations ago, it referred simply to sending students overseas for a few months to expose them to other cultures. In the 1960s, international education took on a public-service and research dimension. Today it refers to a complex set of…

The impact on educational analysis of mainstream international relations (IR) theories is yet to realize its full potential. The problem of education in relation to the construction of world order is considered in relation to core developments in IR theory since the Second World War. In particular, the global architecture of education is seen as a…

This booklet considers the relationships among international politics and sports in terms of the Olympic Games and of: (1) the concept of what appears to be popular is politically important; (2) the opportunities that sports offer people, regardless of color or class; (3) a country's general physical fitness; (4) the pride and prestige that sports…

This article is a revision of an address to the joint meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and the Association of State Colleges and Universities (Columbus, Ohio, November 15, 1967).

This is a report of a conference held in Bermuda in 1981 to discuss a multilateral approach to disarmament. The conference was an informal, off-the-record exchange of ideas and opinions among 24 diplomats and scholars from 18 countries and two international agencies. Participants considered current disarmament concepts, assessed UN disarmament…

The policies of the United Nations with regard to the six official languages have left holes in the fabric of international cooperation. Maintaining language services in all six languages has proved to be an impossibility because of the scarcity of trained interpreters and translators between, for instance, Chinese and Arabic. English, French, and…