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This book 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.
List of contents
Introduction
1 'Free gift' or 'infiltration'? Negotiating the Fulbright Agreement
2 'A steady stream of new problems': Politics and teething issues
3 'Bright scientific moles' v. 'goodwill ambassador extroverts': Choosing a Fulbright scholar
4 'Mutual benefit' v. 'the needs of the country': Programming academic fields
5 'Meeting [our] domestic Communism problem': Cold War governance and the public university
6 Education, or 'part of our foreign policy'? At war in Vietnam
7 'Experience is the only teacher': Academic ambassadors interpret 'mutual understanding'
8 'Just because one is a woman': Forging careers and changing the gender landscape
9 From 'White Australia' to 'the race question in America': Confronting racial diversity
10 'In the climate of continuing financial restraint': Finding a sustainable future in the neo-liberal university
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Alice Garner teaches French and History and is an Honorary Associate in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne
Diane Kirkby is Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Technology Sydney, and Research Professor (Emeritus) in History at La Trobe University, Melbourne
Summary
This book 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. -- .
