| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction/Learning Migration in Antiquity; Middle Eastern Origins of Language and Scholarship; Foundations of Scholarship in Ancient Asia; Greco-Roman Scholarship; Mesoamerica; Knowledge Migration in Early Europe; References; Chapter 2: The Notion of Universities; Guilds and Nations; Town and Gown; Medieval Universities in Britain; The Grand Tour; References; Chapter 3: The Rise of American Scholarship; The Birth and Growth of American Science; College-Building and the College Movement in America |
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Foreign Student EnrollmentsThe International Houses; The Institute of International Education; Teachers College; A Second Wave of Chinese Students; Tsinghua College and the Indemnity Scholarships; Notable Boxer Indemnity Students; The Critics; References; Chapter 6: The Student Exchange Boom Following World War II; Foreign Student Enrollments; UNESCO; Swords into Plowshares: The Fulbright Program; Postwar Middle Eastern Exchanges; AMIDEAST; The Institute of International Education in the Postwar Years; NAFSA; Fields of Study; Evaluating International Student Credentials |
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Postwar Chinese EnrollmentsMcCarthyism, the Cold War, and the McCarran Act; The 1955-1956 Foreign Student Census; The 1960s and 1970s; The 1969-1970 Foreign Student Census; References; Chapter 7: The Late Twentieth Century (1979-1999); Rebuilding Middle Eastern Enrollments; Middle East Studies; A New Wave of Chinese Students; Jimmy Carter and Deng Xiaoping; Hong Kong and Taiwanese Enrollments; The World Competes for International Students; Research on Foreign Students; Late-Century Enrollments, Events, and Immigration Issues; The 1999-2000 Census; References |
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Chapter 8: September 11 and Student MobilitySEVIS; Post-9/11 Enrollments; References; Chapter 9: Escalation of Exchange with Asia; China; Enrollments 2000-2010; The Allure of China; An Ivy League in China; Little Emperors and Migrant Children; China's Ten-Year Plan; President Obama's 100,000 Strong Initiative; American Higher Education in China; Critics; Confucius Institutes and Soft Power; References; Chapter 10: US-Middle East Exchange in the Early Twenty-First Century; American Outposts; Competition for Middle Eastern Enrollments; Initiatives; Middle Eastern Enrollments 2000-2010 |
| Summary |
"As this encyclopedic work shows, what we do today has deep roots. From the earliest days, international scholars and students were vital parts of the great academies of learning. This History proves they still are."--Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO at the Institute of International Education, USA This book examines the origins of higher learning, and then traces education exchange to the aftermath of World War II, when the United States was internationally recognized as the epicenter of critical thinking and scientific discovery. As centers of learning arose in the ancient world, the gathering of students they drew invariably included "foreigners"--those not native to the immediate local area. Then as now, inquisitive minds compelled humans to explore, crossing borders to seek enlightenment in faraway places before returning to their homelands. Few societies have been so remote that they could not be affected by the acquisition of imported information. The number of international students and scholars in the United States now exceeds one million. This book narrates the complex and colorful history of intrepid individuals, inspired programs, and world events that have given direction to the path of education exchange, as well as the global dissemination of American scholarship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 24, 2019) |
| Subject |
Foreign study -- History
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Education, Higher -- International cooperation -- History
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Students, Foreign.
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Education.
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History of education.
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Education -- Comparative.
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Education -- History.
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Education -- Higher.
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Education, Higher -- International cooperation
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Foreign study
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Students, Foreign
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030124342 |
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3030124347 |
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