A relationship restored : trends in U.S.-China educational exchanges, 1978-1984 / David M. Lampton with Joyce A. Madancy and Kristen M. Williams for the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampton, David M.

Contributor:

Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (U.S.)

Madancy, Joyce A.

Williams, Kristen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational exchanges--United States.

Educational exchanges.

Educational exchanges--China.

American students--China.

American students.

Chinese students--United States.

Chinese students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides the attributes of American and Chinese students and scholars who have moved between China and the United States since 1978. This book supplies quantitative data on their fields of study, length of stay, and financial resources, and discusses qualitative issues such as the problems students and scholars encounter in carrying out work.

Contents:

A Relationship Restored

Copyright

Research Team

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS

ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

1 The Sino-American Academic Relationship: Images and Interests

NOTE

2 The Context for Academic Exchange

PRE-1950 SINO-AMERICAN ACADEMIC RELATIONS

SINO-SOVIET EXCHANGES, 1950-1960

GLOBAL SETTING OF CURRENT SINO-AMERICAN EXCHANGES

POLICIES, PERCEPTIONS, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ACADEMIC EXCHANGE IN THE 1970S AND 1980S

NOTES

3 Characteristics of Exchange Participants

PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS IN AMERICA

Numbers of PRC Students and Visiting Scholars, 1979-1984

Fields of Study

Personal Attributes: Geographic Variation

Personal Attributes: Socioeconomic Status

Personal Attributes: Age, Sex, and Marital Status

Financing of PRC Students and Scholars in the United States

OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS IN CHINA, 1979-1984

Numbers of American Students and Scholars

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

4 Exchange Programs and Sponsors

FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Bilateral Agreements

The Fulbright Program

National Science Foundation

CSCPRC PROGRAMS

CHINESE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD BANK

CHINA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF AMERICAN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS: AN OVERVIEW

Education

Health and Medical Sciences

Culture and the Arts

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

OTHER EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS

Institute of International Education

National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc.

Yale-China Association

CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS

5 Exchange on Campus

PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS ON THE AMERICAN CAMPUS

Regional and Institutional Distribution.

Funding PRC Students and Scholars on the American Campus

The Issue of Financial Remissions to China

PRC Students and Scholars: American Funding and Perceptions of Quality

INTERINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6 Language Training in Chinese and English

ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF AMERICAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO GO TO CHINA

WHERE TO STUDY CHINESE LANGUAGE

ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREPARATION OF PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO COME TO THE UNITED STATES

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

7 The Consequences of Exchange for Selected Disciplines

SELECTED FIELDS OF CHINESE STUDIES

Study of the Chinese Past

Sociology and Anthropology

Political Science

Aspects of Chinese Literature (Modern and Traditional) and the Arts

Economics

AMERICAN STUDIES

ASPECTS OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Physics

Cancer (Epidemiology) Research

Seismology

Agriculture

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

8 Future Issues and Opportunities

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES

RETURNED PRC STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS: "REABSORPTION"

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CUMULATIVE AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

INVOLVEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNICAL CHANGE IN CHINA

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B Institutions Responding to University Questionnaire

APPENDIX C Institutions Responding to Asian Studies Questionnaire

APPENDIX D National Key Institutions

APPENDIX E Multivariate Analysis of the Determinants of Financial Aid Given to J-1 Visa Holders by...

APPENDIX F Responding American Philanthropic Organizations, Professional Associations, and Other Ex...

RESPONDING PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER EXCHANGE ORGANIZATIONS

RESPONDING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

OTHER RESPONDING ASSOCIATIONS.

APPENDIX G Protocols and Memoranda of Understanding Under the U.S.-PRC Agreement on Cooperation in...

ABBREVIATION KEY

APPENDIX H CSCPRC Programs, 1972-1985

APPENDIX I World Bank Group Education Projects in China

APPENDIX J Chinese Language Study Programs in the PRC

PART I

PART II

APPENDIX K Authors of Commissioned Papers

APPENDIX L Restricted Classes and Conferences

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographies and index.

Contains:

Trends in U.S.-China educational exchanges, 1978-1984.

ISBN:

9786610221752

9781280221750

1280221755

9780309568173

030956817X

OCLC:

326717231