Professional and Personal Effects of the American Fulbright Experience in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2594913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis W Sunal, Cynthia C Sunal |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/524230 |
| OpenAlex | W2324474748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Fulbright Program, initiated in 1945, is one of the oldest U.S. overseas exchange programs. The overall goal of the program, since its inception, has been to increase mutual understanding among peoples through the living and working experiences of the scholars and students involved. In Africa the most important subsidiary goal is to strengthen African universities through provision of training and research opportunities for Africans and through the American Fulbright professors who work at those universities (Huff, 1986). Of all the components of the program, the American Fulbright Senior Scholar, the key element in the program, has been an unstudied aspect. A mystique has surrounded the scholars selected for the program. It has been assumed that with purposeful selection of scholars and careful matching of overseas sites, program goals will be accomplished abroad and in the United States and that the appropriate motivational elements are in place to accomplish and sustain the changes made. Occasionally, the consequences abroad have been documented and evaluated, but little is known of the professional and personal effects of the Fulbright experience on the returned American Fulbrighter. As an individual, the American Fulbrighter participates in an intensive experience, lengthy enough to produce potentially fundamental changes in the participant. Teaching and being involved in other academic duties overseas has generally been assumed to be a very positive experience. However, what evidence demonstrates the extent the goals of the program were accomplished with regard to the U.S. participant? What personal and professional changes resulted from this type of experience? What motivational indicators were related to the direction and amount of change found in Fulbrighters? The present study investigated these questions in relation to the American Fulbrighters' experience in Africa over a fifteen-year period. The study documented professional and personal effects on
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |