International Education: Its History and Promise for Today

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International education in the United States is at a significant crossroads. The magnanimity of the 102nd Congress has raised the possibility of federal financial support of international studies to a new level. The newly established governing board of the National Security Education Act can provide unprecedented coordination of federally supported international education programs. If federal financial support can be maintained and coordination achieved, the objectives of the IEA of 1966 can be realized in the 1990s. The academic community and public policy makers need to be made aware of the opportunities at hand in order for this to be possible. U.S. education generally and higher education specifically have a responsibility to improve our international capabilities in order to meet the post-Cold War challenges of a complex world.

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Timing could not be better for publication of Vestal's recounting of the history and current status of international education as practiced in the U.S. Educators at all levels, elementary to graduate school, who see the need for international and intercultural understanding will find Vestal's book a mine of information and also strong encouragement to move at this time toward filling the gap. Vestal provides a comprehensive account of federal funding for international education from the Kennedy to the Clinton administrations. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty.-Choice
"Timing could not be better for publication of Vestal's recounting of the history and current status of international education as practiced in the U.S. Educators at all levels, elementary to graduate school, who see the need for international and intercultural understanding will find Vestal's book a mine of information and also strong encouragement to move at this time toward filling the gap. Vestal provides a comprehensive account of federal funding for international education from the Kennedy to the Clinton administrations. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty."-Choice

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THEODORE M. VESTAL is Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of The National Security Education Act, International Education Forum 12 (1992).