An American experience in Indonesia : the University of Kentucky affiliation with the Agricultural University at Bogor / Howard W. Beers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beers, Howard W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University cooperation--Indonesia.

University cooperation.

University cooperation--Kentucky.

Institut Pertanian Bogor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1971.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book tells the story of an important experiment in international cooperation and inter-university collaboration in educational development. A team of educational and agricultural specialists from the University of Kentucky (called Kenteam in the book) lived and worked inBogor, Indonesia, from 1957 through 1965. Their purpose -- to work with the Agricultural University in Bogor to develop a complete college of agriculture to the level of capability for self-regeneration and growth.Working against a background of political and economic turmoil, Kenteam succeeded in helping the Indonesians b

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. Bogor, the Agricultural University, and the Kentucky Contract Team; 2. Kenteam's Relationship with IPB, the Agricultural University at Bogor; 3. Ground Rules; 4. The Development of Educational Programs and Relationships at IPB; 5. Developing an Indonesian Faculty: The Participant Program; 6. Kenteam, the Agency for International Development, and the University of Kentucky; 7. Images of Kenteam: Self and Ascribed; 8. Images of IPB: Self and Ascribed; 9. The American Response to Indonesian Culture; 10. Retrospect

Appendix A. Abbreviations Used in This BookAppendix B. Tables; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9780813185804

0813185807

9780813162065

0813162068

OCLC:

612466599