International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Volumes 1-8U.S. Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1965 - Educational exchanges |
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Page 28 - The United States government declares that it is prepared, as a major policy, to give full and vigorous support to a coordinated effort of public and private organizations which will make more available to the developing countries these book and library resources of the United States which these countries need and desire. The total needs of the developing countries with regard to books cannot be adequately filled by assistance from the outside; nor, under present conditions, can they be filled from...
Page 57 - The operation of the school should contribute to mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the peoples of the host country...
Page 28 - Education lies at the heart of every nation's hopes and purposes. It must be at the heart of our international relations.
Page 13 - States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations, and the contributions being made toward a peaceful and more fruitful life for people throughout the world...
Page 14 - It is not an effort to be generous to foreign students and visitors, nor just a means of providing Americans a personally enriching tour or period of residence abroad. It is a hardheaded investment in our future and the world's future."22 "The essential nature of aid is still the subject of controversy.
Page 32 - Perhaps the greatest power of educational exchange is the power to convert nations into peoples and to translate ideologies into human aspirations.
Page 3 - Therefore, it seems to me that we must take, •so far as we can, a picture of the world into our minds. Is it not a startling circumstance, for one thing, that the great discoveries of science, that the quiet studies of men in laboratories, that the thoughtful developments which have taken place in quiet lecture-rooms, have now been turned to the destruction of civilization? The powers of destruction have not so much multiplied as gained facility.
Page 7 - I said before: that if we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green.
Page 31 - English is a key which opens doors to scientific and technical knowledge indispensable to the economic and political development of vast areas of the world. An increase in the knowledge of English can contribute directly to greater understanding among nations...
Page 13 - ... tours in countries abroad by creative and performing artists and athletes from the United States, individually and in groups, representing any field of the arts, sports, or any other form of cultural attainment ; (iii) United States representation in international artistic, dramatic, musical, sports, and other cultural festivals, competitions, meetings, and like exhibitions and assemblies...