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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818139803321

Titolo

International and language education for a global future : fifty years of U.S. Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs / / David S. Wiley and Robert S. Glew, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-60917-221-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WileyDavid <1935->

GlewRobert S

Disciplina

370.116

Soggetti

International education - United States

Languages, Modern - Study and teaching (Higher)

Foreign study - United States

Fulbright scholarships

Federal aid to higher education - United States

Education and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The role of Title VI programs in national and global security -- pt. 2. Title VI programs and the less commonly taught languages -- pt. 3. The history and significance of the programs of Title VI higher education act -- pt. 5. Global competitiveness -- pt. 6. Accessing, benchmarking, and assessing Title VI -- pt. 7. Future directions for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs.

Sommario/riassunto

The contributions to this book address the role that the U.S. Department of Education Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs have played in building the largest and highest quality infrastructure in the world for training in languages and other aspects of foreign area knowledge. The volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Title VI and associated Fulbright-Hays programs, which have established more than 150 centers of excellence for modern foreign language and area studies and international business education in more than 60 U.S. universities.     The authors review the histo