Academic Exchange--A Narrow Bridge.

EDUCATIONAL exchanges; GLOBAL studies; FOREIGN study; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATIONAL innovations; CURRICULUM; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; FOREIGN relations of the United States; INTERNATIONAL relations

The article discusses the drawbacks in the academic exchange agreement between the U.S. and Russia. The exchange program had been made possible by the U.S. Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants and the Russia's Ministry of Higher and Education Specialized Education which aims to widen the boundaries of knowledge of the students. According to the author, some problems are need to be considered in the program which include travel difficulties, status of participants, and the difficulty which will arise in relations between the committee and the ministry.