The Foundation publishes a booklet for study abroad advisors
on topics such as diversification of study abroad participants,
financial aid, technology, safety, faculty involvement and
service-learning. Entitled Study
Abroad: A 21st Century Perspective, it focuses on
study abroad issues at the dawn of the millennium.
Innocents at home redux—the continuing challenge
to America's future is an update of Denis Doyle's 1996
commissioned study, including the impact of the internet on
international exchange and university/universal community.
He reviews the reasons for Americans' appalling lack of knowledge
of other cultures and recommends what to do to overcome these
barriers (view the Executive Summary).
Dennis Doyle is Senior Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
The entire report can be ordered. Send $5 to: Doyle Study,
AIFS Foundation, River Plaza, 9 West Broad Street, Stamford,
CT 06902-3788.