Looking for Annotated Bibliographies on Education Abroad Related Topics?

...then look no further!  You can access (almost) all that I have compiled or have been involved with via the following NAFSA webpage:

Happy Researching!  (Yes, I know some of the links need updating! I can't solve that at the moment!)

I'm working to get through the IHEC inbox...

The number of e-mail messages from colleagues in the field and others to my international.ed.consulting@gmail.com seeking assistance and advise is tremendous (meaning I receive more than I can respond to) and greatly appreciated (I recieve quite a bit to my Univ. of Chicago address as well).

I apologize if you have sent me a message in the last 6+ months and I haven't replied.  I receive on average 3-4 requests per week and I struggle to find the time to respond and assist outside of my full-time job of father to three and husband to one and my work at the University of Chicago as well as a few paid side projects.

I'm working to get through the inbox...

International Higher Education Consulting site has a new look and feel

My International Higher Education Consulting site (not IHEC Blog) has a new look and feel.  You can access this site at http://davidcomp.wordpress.com/.  Once my dissertation is complete I will probably work towards a different and more integrated web presence but for the moment my various sites are serving their purpose. 

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

Research Inventory of the Social Science Research Council’s Committee on Cross-Cultural Education by M. Brewster Smith (1955?)

As many IHEC Blog readers know, one of my main research interests is compiling and editing annotated bibliographies on international education exchange. One of my current projects is finding and reviewing the very early research literature on international education exchanges both to and from the United States. The goal of this project is to update my Growth of Research on Education Abroad ~ 1950’s to Present chart I compiled for the chapter I co-authored in A Guide to Outcomes Assessment in Education Abroad (2007). I was just reading Educational Exchanges: Aspects of the American Experience, Report of a Conference Sponsored by the Committee on International Exchange of Persons of the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils by the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council (1956) [which I’m proud to say I personally own and keep in the International Higher Education Consulting library] and I’m now on a quest to locate a research inventory of the Social Science Research Council’s Committee on Cross-Cultural Education by M. Brewster Smith from the mid-1950’s (perhaps published in 1955?). If any IHEC Blog readers have any leads I’d appreciate hearing from you.

Those of you interested in the early literature in the field of international education may find my previous IHEC Blog post entitled “First Research Study on Outcomes of Study Abroad” to be of interest.

SPECIAL NOTE - Special arrangements may be made for access to the International Higher Education Consulting library and archive where much historic and classic literature in the field may be found. Additionally, if you would like to make a literature donation to the library and archive I would love to hear from you. Early in 2008 I received my first donation from Mr. Phillip Altbach from Boston College who sent me many important and historical pieces of research and literature from the 1980’s.