ERIC Number: EJ911574
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 11
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-978-1-6173-5102-0
ISSN: ISSN-1535-0584
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"World-Mindedness": The Lisle Fellowship and the Cold War
Brownlee, Kimberly
American Educational History Journal, v37 n1 p237-247 2010
This article will examine a little known but long-standing group, the Lisle Fellowship, that endeavored to open the world to college students and foster international understanding--or "world-mindedness," as the organization's founders called it--ultimately with the goal to contribute to the ideal of world peace. It will also, in particular, explore Lisle's efforts to do so in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Cold War. Founded in 1936 by a pair of former Methodist missionaries, DeWitt and Edna Baldwin, the Lisle Fellowship was an experiential off-campus summer learning program for college students aimed at increasing understanding of different cultures. It is hoped that through this paper more people will become aware that this organization existed, and continues to exist, and that its work continues to strive towards the same ideal--world peace.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Peace, Fellowships, Educational History, Conflict, Global Education, International Relations, Summer Programs, Experiential Learning, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Student Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, Intercultural Communication, Educational Environment, Politics of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; USSR
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