Practices and Objectives in Training for Foreign Service. Report of the National Conference on Foreign Service Training, Washington, December 26, 1923. Bulletin, 1924

Practices and Objectives in Training for Foreign Service. Report of the National Conference on Foreign Service Training, Washington, December 26, 1923. Bulletin, 1924
Author: Glen Levin Swiggett
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Total Pages: 30
Release: 1924
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Eighteen States and the District of Columbia were represented at the second conference of collegiate instructors in foreign service training subjects, which was held at the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., December 26, 1923, under the direction of the former advisory council and committee of fifteen on educational preparation for foreign service, now known as the National Council on Foreign Service Training. The topic of the conference was practices and objectives in training for foreign service of Government and business. This conference was the outgrowth of a small round-table conference held under similar direction at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, December 27, 1922. Preliminary to the latter conference the chairman of the National Council on Foreign Service Training, G. L. Swiggett, requested two groups of men engaged in the service of Government and business for an opinion based on experience in regard to necessary educational preparation for their respective types of work. Each group expressed the belief that overspecialization was not desirable; that technique should come late in the course of study; that the maximum of English should be offered; and that chemistry should be taken as a basic science. With these suggestions in mind it was decided at the 1922 Chicago conference that the following subjects, with unit requirements, will best serve as secondary preparation for further collegiate study in foreign service subjects: English, 4; modern language, 4--at least three units in one language; American history, 1; English history or modern European history, 1; economic geography, 1; mathematics--algebra and plane geometry, 1.5; chemistry or physics, 1; civics, 0.5; elective, 1; 15 units in all. [Best copy available has been provided.].

Training for Foreign Service (Classic Reprint)

Training for Foreign Service (Classic Reprint)
Author: Glen Levin Swiggett
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2016-11-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781334427732

Excerpt from Training for Foreign Service The articles contained in this bulletin on foreign-service training were assem bled nearly three years ago. They were contributed by specialists, and deal With subjects which should be included in a fully developed major on foreign service training for Government, business, Social welfare, etc. These articles include, inaddition to brief bibliographies of textbooks serviceable for use in college and of other books that may be helpful to general readers, the writers' Opinions in regard to the subject matter, the limitation and manner and pre sentation of this subject matter, its coordination with similar related subjects and amount of time that should be given to it in college and the semester or semesters with college year when it can be best offered. This bulletin is to serve two purposes; it should assist colleges to plan an adequate course of instruction on training for foreign service, and should enable university men now in the field of business to plan for a systematic reading course (cf. Reading course in foreign trade, Reading course No. 17, Home Education, U. S. Bureau of Eduf cation, prepared by Glen Levin Swiggett). Much is naturally left unsaid in this bulletin, but what is said is for the most part brief, vital, and to the point. Unavoidable delays have prevented the earlier publication of this bulletin. The publication of these articles now, however, is timely. The statistics re ported to this bureau for use by the Committee of Fifteen on Educational Preparation for Foreign Service, appointed by the United States Commissioner of Education, have registered since 1916 a steady growth in our higher institu tions on the subject of educational preparation for foreign service, for commerce in particular. In October, 1921, the bureau reported courses of study in prepa ration for foreign service in 70 colleges and universities. Of the 70 higher ih stitutions in which this special training was offered at that time, the 10 highest reported each more than 100 students taking foreign trade, a total enrollment for the 10 institutions of students. In Commercial Education Circular No. 7, Bureau of Education, is printed a list of the 70 institutions offering some kind of training for foreign service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
Publisher:
Total Pages: 876
Release: 1916
Genre: Education
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Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 690
Release: 1925
Genre: Education
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