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International Education: Its History and Promise for Today » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of International Education: Its History and Promise for Today by Theodore M. Vestal Ph.D.

Authors: Theodore M. Vestal Ph.D., Robert Leestma
ISBN-13: 9780275947590, ISBN-10: 0275947599
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: May 1994
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Theodore M. Vestal Ph.D.

THEODORE M. VESTAL is Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University.

Book Synopsis

A detailed history of the International Education Act of 1966 and its pertinence to the passage of the National Security Education Act and increased federal funding from the 102nd Congress (1991-1992).

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1The Challenge of International Education1
2What Is International Education?13
3Federal Government Involvement in International Education21
4The Mosaic of International Education27
5The History of the IEA and Its Major Actors31
6The IEA as Part of Johnson's Legislative Program40
7The IEA Before the House of Representatives52
8The IEA Before the Senate64
9The President Signs the IEA into Law71
10Administration Plans for Implementing the IEA80
11The IEA and Appropriations Committees89
12Why the IEA Was Defeated: Congress102
13Why the IEA Was Defeated: The President107
14Why the IEA Was Defeated: The Academic Community119
15The Legacy of the IEA in the Office of Education126
16The Role of Private Foundations137
17What the IEA Might Have Accomplished140
18The National Security Education Act of 1991149
19Administration of the National Security Education Act159
20The Magnanimous One Hundred Second Congress170
21The Future and the Three Streams175
Remarks at the Smithson Bicentennial Celebration, September 16, 1965183
Special Message to the Congress Proposing International Education and Health Programs, February 2, 1966187
Statement by the President on the Message on International Education and Health, February 2, 1966196
The International Education Act of 1966198
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991208
Selected Bibliography219
Index223

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