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The article discusses minority participation in study abroad programs. Even though minority students represent one-third of all undergraduates, according to the United States Department of Education, they only account for 17 percent of undergraduates who study abroad. To remedy this gap, universities and colleges are attempting to include underrepresented students by providing scholarships, meeting with campus minority groups, and developing information materials that deal with the issue of race in study abroad programs.

The article looks at how universities and colleges in the U.S. are trying to push their future engineers to study abroad. The point of programs like Worcester Polytechnic Institute's global-studies program fro engineers is to pull undergraduate engineers out of familiar campus environments and make them engage other cultures. Such an experience, the article states, is training for a profession that is becoming increasingly global. The Institute for the International Education of Students previously announced that it was creating new programs tailored to engineering students and others with very structured majors.

The article focuses on the Council for International Exchange of Scholars' announcement of the 900 scholars, academics and professionals who have received awards under the Fullbright Scholar Program to lecture, consult and conduct research abroad in from 1989 to 1990. The Council cooperates with the U.S. Information Agency in administering the Fullbright Program.

The article discusses higher education in Libya, focusing on the potential development of academic partnerships between universities in Libya and the U.S. following the end of fighting in the country following a revolution that ousted former dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi. Comments from Libyan deputy prime minister Mustafa Abushagur are presented regarding the challenges faced by the country in setting up a democratic government, establishing its military and police forces, and reforming its university systems to emphasize modern curricula and teaching methods. Problems with scholars traveling to and from Libya with visas are also mentioned.

The article examines data related to international student enrollment at U.S. universities in 2010 and 2011. Comments from several individuals are presented including Institute of International Education counselor Peggy Blumenthal on the amount of students from China and Saudi Arabia entering the U.S. to pursue a college degree, University of Iowa assistant dean Scott E. King about the impact of the economic relationship between the U.S. and China on higher education, and University of Colorado at Boulder official Lawrence H. Bell regarding the financial benefits U.S. colleges receive for recruiting internationally. Other topics include English language education for foreign students, U.S. policies regarding international educational exchanges, and the job market for college graduates.

The article discusses global education as big business. The author reveals that foreign study programs are making a huge amount of money, with revenues expected to double in the next decade. Colleges and governments are beginning to aggressively target foreign students by increasing recruiting services, image advertising, and data-driven market research. The reaction of educators to the business-centric approach of many universities and colleges in the United States is examined, with a specific focus on independent study abroad programs.

The article reports that the country of China is the fifth largest importer of college students. The Chinese Ministry of Education and the China Scholarship Council, which oversees education exchange, says that international students rose nearly 500% between 1997 and 2007, making the total amount almost 200,000. Though Western college administrators see China primarily as a source of students, the country now takes in more students than it sends abroad. The increase is attributed to China's growing importance in world affairs and governmental efforts to make the country appealing as a college destination.

Focuses on the Institute of International Education's annual study of international education exchange, as presented in the report, `Open Doors 1995-96.' How, in some instances, the flow of foreign students to the United States has slowed markedly in the 1990s; Why foreign students are important to the United States; The number of American students studying abroad; Other countries, such as Australia, which work to attract top foreign students; Comments from experts.

The article reports on the renewed interest of college students in the U.S. and eastern Europe to take part in exchange programs sponsored by colleges and universities in both countries. Courses are already being taken by American and eastern European students through the exchanges, some as short as a week and others as long as an academic year.

One college made space for the serendipitous exchanges scholars crave, when they can carve out a couple of hours to go. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses multicultural higher education in the United States, asserting that foreign study and travel abroad are no longer necessary for students to experience diverse cultures. Topics addressed include domestic alternatives to foreign student programs from schools such as Williams College, statistics regarding the extent to which the U.S. population is made up of cultural minority groups, and the financial differences between international foreign study and domestic equivalents.

A project that brings together students from a military academy and a liberal-arts college is a step toward building a strong democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author discusses the efforts of Duke University to establish educational exchange and study abroad programs in foreign countries as part of its global initiative. He argues that global educational partnerships are necessary in an increasingly globalized world and highlights several of Duke's programs including the DukeEngage program focused on civic activities and the founding of the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School.

In this article the author discusses a trend within the American higher education system wherein universities are establishing educational exchange programs and opening up branch campuses in China. He comments that many of these endeavors are economic in nature and that U.S. college administrators fail to realize the cultural differences that exist between the U.S. and China regarding academic freedom, integrity, and research validity. He warns American universities of the repressive nature of the Chinese Communist Party, citing their actions in regards to internal security, foreign relations, and placing bans on or jailing intellectuals such as Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and artist Ai Weiwei.

The article discusses the U.S. State Department's Fulbright Program's Community College Faculty Awards to American scholars who will teach or conduct research in Russia in 2009-2010. In spring 2010 a delegation of community college administrators will go to Moscow, Russia to discuss work force development and adult education with their Russian counterparts. It notes that Russian leaders want to know more about forming partnerships with local industry and tailoring educational programs to economic needs. Louis Pinkett, an adjunct professor of English at Camden County College in New Jersey, teaches composition to students for whom English is a second language. He will teach a course in Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University in Russia on using American film to teach writing.

In this article the author discusses aspects of faculty and student exchange, research collaboration, and joint degree programs between the U.S. and China. He is critical of American versus Chinese goals and priorities, the different higher-education systems, and uneven institutional infrastructure and commitment. Also investigated is the University of Alaska's checklist to evaluate the partnership effectiveness between American and Chinese colleges.

The article discusses the establishment of foreign campuses in the Middle East and Southeast Asia by American colleges and universities. This allows foreigners to remain at home while earning an American degree. The author argues that this takes away from foreigners the experience and opportunities of living at an elite American research university. The author states that students benefit most when they come together in a place where core academic values such as intellectual freedom are protected and encouraged.

The article reports on a November 2006 trip taken to Asia by a delegation of senior U.S. government and higher-education officials, intended to communicate the message that the U.S. still welcomes foreign students to its colleges and universities. In what Margaret Spellings, the U.S. secretary of education, said was the first time a cabinet member has conducted such a mission, she traveled to Japan, South Korea, and China, accompanied by an assistant secretary of state, Dina Habib Powell, and 12 American college presidents. The positive response from educators and students in visited countries is highlighted, and statistics related to the enrollment of Chinese students in U.S. institutions are presented and explored. Specific issues covered throughout the tour are explained.

Discusses the impact of President Clinton's decision to restore full diplomatic relations with Vietnam on the plans of School of International Training and many other US institutions and organizations involved in international education to expand their activities to Vietnam. Prevalent academic links with Vietnam; Presence of Vietnamese on US campuses; Programs offered; Likely impact on academic exchange.

Reports on the European union's proposal of a new academic exchange program to improve student and faculty mobility in it's 12 member nations. Reflections on the new umbrella program `Socrates'; Effect of higher education on the economy of Europe; Europe's wide standard on education.

Reports on presidentially-appointed panel's findings about the Fulbright Program in the U.S. Call to the Congress and the President to provide more financial support to the program; Need to increase the number of awards for students; International exchange programs; History of the program; Estimated number of Fulbright grants provided to faculty and students.

Explores the role of educational exchanges between the U.S. and China to the promotion of freedom of thought and expression in China. Exchanges of faculty, students, library materials and information; Cooperative educational programs; Risks of doing educational exchanges associated with a repressive regime.

Reports on the controversy over plans to restructure the Council on International Educational Exchange. Fears of council members that restructuring will lead to the destruction of the council; Details of what the council does; Possibility the Council will sell its travel business; Comments from Charles J. Ping, the Council's chairman of the board.

Focuses on Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, which also has branches in Geneva, the Dutch town of Leiden, Shaghai, and Vienna. Background on college; Programs offered; The main purposes of European campuses; Statistics on students from Webster, St. Louis, who study abroad; Other universities with overseas campuses.

Reports that the number of foreign scholars doing research or teaching at United States universities went up in 1995-96 following two years of declines. Statistics regarding foreign scholars at US institutions being drawn from the Institute of International Education's survey in the report `Open Doors 1995-96'; Leading countries and regions of origin; Leading fields of specialization; United States universities with the most foreign scholars.

Reports that the National Humanities Center has begun an independent study of the Fulbright exchange program. The study's aim to determine how the program should function in the next century; William C. Friday as the chairman of the committee doing the study; The recommendations that will follow a series of symposia on Preparing the Fulbright Program for the 21st century.

Presents the findings of the study "Foreign Area Research in the National Interest: American & Soviet Perspectives," conducted by the International Research & Exchanges Board. Estimated number of U.S. scholars in universities, government and private organizations who are working on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; Impact of depletion of expertise on Soviet foreign policy on the government and the universities in the U.S.; Projected number of U.S. specialists who work in institutes in Moscow.

Reports on the opposition of universities and colleges to the control of the U.S. government on scientific exchanges with foreign researchers. Academic institutions which denied the government's request for information on the activities of foreign scientists; Denouncement of the American Association for the Advancement of Science against the speculation that scientific exchanges help enhance the Soviet military defense; Suggested actions to be taken by the government to reduce its interference in academic research.

Reports on the opposition of C. Peter Magrath, president of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, to the demand of the State Department limiting the activities of Qi Yulu, an exchange student from the Institute of Computer Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Peking. Potential impact of the request on the academic enterprise; Number of Chinese exchange students at the university; Threat posed by the action of the department.

The article reports on a reduction in funding for Fulbright educational program under a budget proposal from the International Communication Agency (ICA) in the U.S. Some critics claim that the 12 percent cut suggested by the ICA would have negative impact on cultural and educational exchanges. There is a possibility that Fulbright exchanges with third-world countries may be eliminated as a result of the proposal according to educational organizations.

The article reports that the federal government was urged to continue the support for international educational and cultural exchange programs. Government-sponsored programs for sending U.S. scholars abroad and for supporting foreign scholars have been troubled by inflation and budget cuts. Exchange programs help increase the American arsenal of ideas. The U.S. is falling far behind Cuba and other rival countries in supporting exchange programs with third-world countries.

The article reports on the tour by the chorus of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in China. The tour was more than an example of how cultural exchanges should work. It also provided the opportunity for a close-up look at the state of Chinese music education. During the tour, the chorus, under conductor William Ermey, visited conservatories and gave performances in Peking, Shanghai, and Canton.

The article reports developments related to China's student exchange programs with other countries. About 60 American scholars will arrive in the country in early 1979 as foreign-exchange students to join about 1,500 other students and scholars already at Nanking University in the country. Among the developments are the expansion from 500 to 700 new foreigners admitted annually, opening the foreigner's dormitory to Chinese students, and allowing students better access to library.

The article announces the agreement of the U.S. and Chinese governments to exchange college students and scholars. The agreement includes 500 to 700 Chinese students and scholars to study in the U.S. On the other hand, more or less 60 American students will study in China. The agreement is being negotiated by the National Science Foundation and a delegation from the University of Peking. Both parties are finalizing the details concerning the universities where the students will study.

The article reports on the inflow of foreign students that has caused the federal and provincial governments to tighten regulations in Canada. The growing number of foreign students has cost Canadian taxpayers in the country too much money. A tighter regulations that would require foreign students to pay tuition higher than the amount paid by the citizens would limit the number of the students. In addition, the set-up for a quota for the number of students would also seen as a solution.

The article reports on the skepticism expressed by Mikhail Sleptsov, an official at the Soviet Union's State Committee for Public Education, over student exchange programs in Soviet Union. Sleptsov suggested that although Soviet had increased the number of university students whom it was lending abroad for further education were not a particularly effective way to improve Soviet academic standards.

The article reports that the Chinese government is expected to finally approve an agreement concerning resumption of the Fulbright program of scholarly exchanges between China and the U.S. Some Western sources are reported to have said that the expected resumption of Fulbright exchanges would be the most significant step toward softening relations between the two counties.

The article reports on problems facing a politically connected international exchange program in the United States. The Central American Scholarship Program is managed by Georgetown University. According to critics, the program continues to receive Congressional support because the state and the university's political supporters have kept information about the program from the public and Congress.

The article focuses on a plan by U.S. President George Bush Administration to expand international educational programs run by several federal agencies, which was discussed at the annual meeting of the Council on International Educational Exchange held in November 1989 in Washington, D.C. Administration officials announced that the government has pledged over six million dollars for the effort.

The article reports that a one-year postponement of all academic exchanges between the United States and China conducted under the Fulbright program will be sought by the Chinese authorities to express displeasure with the United States. The postponement would be designed to register official Chinese displeasure for harboring dissidents and for the sanctions which have been levied against China by the United States in the wake of the massacre in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

The article focuses on the concerns raised about educational quality and standards as the battle to internalize U.S. colleges screws up. This idea has prompted many colleges to expand their programs and promote exchange of students and faculty members with colleges abroad. More admission officers search for students overseas and other universities also open foreign branch campuses.

The article reports that foreign governments and organizations are threatening to divert their scholars and money to other countries because of the tax reform legislation, which eliminated some exemptions for foreign scholarships. According to Liaison Group for International Educational Exchange executive secretary Norman Peterson, the poorest countries and their students are the ones suffering the most from the taxes. The Council on the Educational Exchange of Scholars has called on the Internal Revenue Service to review its policy on taxation of U.S.-sourced scholarships.

The article reports on the opportunity for scholars in East Germany to travel more freely to West Germany under a 1986 agreement. The move may symbolize a turning point in academic relations between East and West Germany. Proposals for the creation of formal academic ties can be made. An intellectual exchange and stimulation is needed according to Dieter Fricke of the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, East Germany.

The article reports on the meeting of American and Soviet academics at Middlebury College. The two groups have signed a historic agreement that establishes an exchange program that will send Russian undergraduates to American colleges and American undergraduates to Russian colleges. This is the first time that Russian students will be allowed to study in American colleges unchaperoned and allowed to assimilate into American college life.

The article reports on the suggestion of Senator Claiborne Pell to remove the international educational exchange program under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Information Agency. Pell believes that a new administrative arrangement for the exchange programs would provide greater insulation from political intrusion.

The article reports that officials of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the World African Chamber of Commerce and the Affiliate Continental African Commerce Foundation have signed a cooperative agreement to promote educational and technical exchanges between historically black universities and colleges in the United States and Africa. NAFEO President Samuel Myers expresses his hope that the agreement will strengthen African universities through research and training.

The article reports on the interest of academic leaders in the United States to develop formal programs in American universities and colleges in Japan. It describes the informal plan between American and Japanese legislators which resulted to the establishment of U.S. institutions in Japan. It adds that several American institutions have arranged for semester-abroad programs for their students.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "We Must Increase, Not cut, Scholarly Exchanges," by Paul Simon, in the July 30, 1986 issue.

The article reports that representatives from the U.S. and the Soviet Union have signed agreements for 13 exchange projects and predicted the expansion of educational and cultural contacts in the near future. The exchanges were the first since U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev reached an agreement last November 1985 to resume such projects.

The article reports on a pact signed between the University of Alaska at Anchorage and the Siberian branch of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences. The agreement covers joint activities focusing on health problems facing the inhabitants of polar regions. It marks the resumption of official cultural, scientific, and educational exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union since 1979, when the U.S. allowed a similar pact to expire to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.