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449 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. vii (1980)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0449 and id is 1 raw text is: PREFACE This volume presents a sampler of a wide variety of interrelated studies, reports, and recommendations that have appeared in the past two years. They all relate to that aspect of our educational system devoted to studying, writing, and teaching about other parts of the world. The past several years have witnessed a concentrated effort to set new directions in a complex, variegated field-one that encompasses every level of the educational system from kindergarten to graduate studies and comprises many functions, for instance, research, training of specialists, and exchanges. The centerpiece of that effort was a Presidential Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies, discussed herein by its chairman, James A. Perkins, and by its executive director, Barbara B. Burn. The other articles deal with a specific level of the educational system-graduate and research, general education, primary and secondary schools-and with specialized aspects: language study, international exchanges, and serving business needs. A summary article attempts to fit the pieces into a framework and suggests some items for an action agenda for the field. We hope that both the general public and specialists in the field will find this collection useful. It represents one of a series of publications of the Academy in international studies, including monograph 17, the Language and Area Studies Review. Additional works are anticipated in the near future, such as works on research in language skill retention and loss. RICHARD D. LAMBERT vii

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