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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460696703321

Autore

Beers Howard W.

Titolo

An American experience in Indonesia : the University of Kentucky affiliation with the Agricultural University at Bogor / / Howard W. Beers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1971

©1971

ISBN

0-8131-8580-7

0-8131-6206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

378.104

Soggetti

University cooperation - Indonesia

University cooperation - Kentucky

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. Bogor, the Agricultural University, and the Kentucky Contract Team; 2. Kenteam's Relationship with IPB, the Agricultural University at Bogor; 3. Ground Rules; 4. The Development of Educational Programs and Relationships at IPB; 5. Developing an Indonesian Faculty: The Participant Program; 6. Kenteam, the Agency for International Development, and the University of Kentucky; 7. Images of Kenteam: Self and Ascribed; 8. Images of IPB: Self and Ascribed; 9. The American Response to Indonesian Culture; 10. Retrospect

Appendix A. Abbreviations Used in This BookAppendix B. Tables; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of an important experiment in international cooperation and inter-university collaboration in educational development. A team of educational and agricultural specialists from the University of Kentucky (called Kenteam in the book) lived and worked inBogor, Indonesia, from 1957 through 1965. Their purpose -- to work with the Agricultural University in Bogor to develop a complete college of agriculture to the level of capability for self-regeneration and growth.Working against a background of political and economic



turmoil, Kenteam succeeded in helping the Indonesians b