International Education - Its History and Promise for Today

List of contents

Preface
The Challenge of International Education
What is International Education?
Federal Government Involvement in International Education
The Mosaic of International Education
The History of the IEA and Its Major Actors
The IEA as Part of LBJ's Legislative Program
The IEA before the House of Representatives
The IEA before the Senate
The President Signs the IEA into Law
Administration Plans for Implementing the IEA
The IEA and Appropriations Committees
Why the IEA was Defeated: Congress
Why the IEA was Defeated: The President
Why the IEA was Defeated: The Academic Community
The Legacy of the IEA in the Office of Education
The Role of Private Foundations
What the IEA Might Have Accomplished
The National Security Education Act of 1991
Administration of the NSEA
The Magnanimous 102nd Congress
The Future and the Three Streams
Appendix (Public Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson about the International Education Act of 1966)
Remarks at the Smithson Bicentennial Celebration, September 16, 1965
Special Message to the Congress Proposing International Education and Health Programs, February 2, 1966
Statement by the President on the Message on International Education and Health, February 2, 1966
Index

About the author

THEODORE M. VESTAL is Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of The National Security Education Act, International Education Forum 12 (1992).

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Vestal, Vestal Theodore M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.1994
• EAN: 9780275947590
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94759-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, International Relations, Political structure & processes, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Higher & further education, tertiary education, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Higher education, tertiary education, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political structure and processes, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Current Events and Issues: International