COMMISSION ON BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION by ROBERT McC.ADAMS

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Information Agency (USIA) sought, through its support of exchange programs, to expand that network with the ultimate goal of creating normal scientific relations between the two countries. S. scholars. One provides seed money to American universities to start linkages with foreign universities, offering $50,000 over a three-year period to help start projects, which are then expected to find other sources of support. Until last year, projects with the Soviet Union were not eligible, but that has now been changed.

He argued that the best projects would still be able to find funding—“money chases good ideas”— and also urged scholars to look for local sources of funds. James reviewed six program priorities for USIA funding over the coming year: expanding the English language training program, business management, American studies, environmental studies, pedagogical reform, and “constitutionality” or law and legal reform. The USIA also plans to encourage internships as part of exchanges, since, practical problems of implementing reforms could be assisted by providing opportunities for direct experience.

Providing training that has a lasting effect requires careful thought and planning. In his own work over the years with younger Soviet scholars, he found that they tended to get swallowed up by the generally dismal standards and practices within the Soviet economic establishment. He therefore believes that training programs should be geared to providing a small number of competitively selected students with a complete graduate education in the West. For Levine, the key was to provide training not only in theory and methods, but also in the culture of science.

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