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Title 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
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 439 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject 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.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education and globalization
Federal aid to higher education
Foreign study
Fulbright scholarships
International education
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching (Higher)
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Wiley, David, 1935-
Glew, Robert S
LC no. 2010021398
ISBN 9781609172213
1609172213