A Guide to Study Abroad

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Excerpt from A Guide to Study Abroad: University, Summer School, Tour and Work-and-Study Programs, 1962-1963 EditionBut 20th century man, and especially the 2oth century American, is called upon to strive for greater objectives than mere individual pursuit of knowledge or even service to his own nation. Catapulted into the jet and space age, confronted with fantastically expanded horizons, he can no longer think in terms of national boundaries or natural barriers. Rather, he must think on a scale of global involvement and interdependency.The mutual exchange of students between nations is a vital part of any program to attain world peace through better understanding, to distribute technical knowledge from developed to underdeveloped countries, to share more equitably the world's social and economic bounty, and to promote an exchange of information and ideas. These goals can be ignored only at our peril. They must be met with a sense of compelling urgency.As Americans, we have been so preoccupied for so many decades with developing our own land and with solving our own national problems that we have neglected the study of other peoples, other languages, and other cultures. Whatever the justification for this mental isolationism in a by-gone age, it is a luxury we can no longer afford. At a time when many of our government agencies lack the skilled manpower to discharge our international commitments, we find Russia and China deploying hordes of students and technicians abroad in order to acquire vital skills of speech and technology, to get the feel of other countries, and to understand the thinking of other peoples. These emissaries are also in a position to explain the vagaries of Russian and Chinese policies, nu doubtedly they leave their imprint, particularly upon the intelligentsia with whom they associate in the colleges and universities they attend.As I look ahead to the challenges confronting America, I would strongly urge our qualified young men and women to consider the prospect of some study abroad. In our position of world leadership, we need citizens with a knowledge of foreign countries and ¿uency in other languages to ad minister and carry on our global commitments: to run our far-flung aid programs, to enable us to communicate effectively and advantageously with other countries, and to interpret our policies and programs directly to those with whom we deal. In short, we must speak to other peoples in their tongues and within their own terms.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.