Repository: UIHistories Project: Planning Report - Future of International Programs (1968) [PAGE 21]

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Nl I ' « certificate pn rama in agriculture, education .uul home economic* with supporting instruction in the basi< icieno The- i- a three year pi ram for the Higher Tea< h B I rtificafc < \ ulture, Staff members arc conducting resear* h in such divei M-.. as i- ps, soils, marketinj animal science, sociol and education, and even fish Hour as a protein supplement. Extension education programs have boon initiated on the campus and in the countryside. These include planning and conducting i inferences, seminars, and short courses; instructing and demonstrate improved agricultural methods; and establishing youth organizations,

4. Keio-lllinois Research a n d E x c h a n g e Project ( 1 9 6 8 budget: $ 7 1 , 8 1 7 )

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Fin; iced by a five-year Ford Foundation grant of $350,000, the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations is eooperating with Keio Univerty. Tokyo, Japan, in a joint program of research studies of Japanese and American industrial relations and training of young scholars from both ( untries. Now in its fourth year, the project also includes the exchange of archival materials between the two institutions in an effort to fill gaps in their respective collections, particularly in terms of international comparative studies of industrial relations concerning Japan, the United States, and South and Southeast Asia. In addition to several collaborative comparative research studies by senior faculty from the two institutions, the Project has provided training and research opportunities for junior faculty and graduate students. During the 1966-1967 academic year fifteen individuals were directly involved in Project activities. Since the beginning of the Project in January 1963, it has supported, in whole or in part, a total of twenty scholars, eleven at the senior level and nine at the junior level. Of these, seven are Americans, twelve Japanese, and one European. In addition, nine senior Japanese scholars are cooperating with the Project in producing a collaborative volume on the major characteristics of Japan's system of industrial relations. The objective of training junior scholars was advanced recently when three graduate students completed their study programs at Illinois under Project auspices. T w o additional graduate students are at the halfway mark in their studi( . while at least three more have been preparing themselves in language, area, and discipline studies for consideration for

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