Academic ambassadors, Pacific allies : Australia, America and the Fulbright Program / Alice Garner, Diane Kirkby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Alice, 1969- author.

Kirkby, Diane Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Key studies in diplomacy.

Key studies in diplomacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational exchanges--United States--History--20th century.

Educational exchanges.

Educational exchanges--Australia--History--20th century.

Exchange of persons programs, American--History--20th century.

Exchange of persons programs, American.

Exchange of persons programs, Australian--History--20th century.

Exchange of persons programs, Australian.

United States--Foreign relations--Australia.

United States.

Australia--Foreign relations--United States.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 233 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This title offers a critical appraisal of Fulbright achievements and limitations in avoiding political influence, integrating gender and racial diversity, absorbing conflict and dissent, and responding to economic fluctuations and social change.

Contents:

'Free gift' or 'infiltration'? : negotiating the Fulbright Agreement

'A steady stream of new problems' : politics and teething issues

'Bright scientific moles' v. 'goodwill ambassador extroverts' : choosing a Fulbright scholar

'Mutual benefit' v. 'the needs of the country' : programming academic fields

'Meeting [our] domestic Communism problem' : Cold War governance and the public university

Education, or 'part of our foreign policy'? : at war in Vietnam

'Experience is the only teacher' : academic ambassadors interpret 'mutual understanding'

'Just because one is a woman' : forging careers and changing the gender landscape

From 'White Australia' to 'the race question in America' : confronting racial diversity

'In the climate of continuing financial restraint' : finding a sustainable future in the neo-liberal university.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 26, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526128997

1526128993

9781526142030

1526142031

9781526128980

1526128985

OCLC:

1057341905