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Excerpt from Training for Foreign Service
The articles contained in this bulletin on foreign-service training were assem bled nearly three years ago. They were contributed by specialists, and deal With subjects which should be included in a fully developed major on foreign service training for Government, business, Social welfare, etc. These articles include, inaddition to brief bibliographies of textbooks serviceable for use in college and of other books that may be helpful to general readers, the writers' Opinions in regard to the subject matter, the limitation and manner and pre sentation of this subject matter, its coordination with similar related subjects and amount of time that should be given to it in college and the semester or semesters with college year when it can be best offered. This bulletin is to serve two purposes; it should assist colleges to plan an adequate course of instruction on training for foreign service, and should enable university men now in the field of business to plan for a systematic reading course (cf. Reading course in foreign trade, Reading course No. 17, Home Education, U. S. Bureau of Eduf cation, prepared by Glen Levin Swiggett). Much is naturally left unsaid in this bulletin, but what is said is for the most part brief, vital, and to the point.
Unavoidable delays have prevented the earlier publication of this bulletin. The publication of these articles now, however, is timely. The statistics re ported to this bureau for use by the Committee of Fifteen on Educational Preparation for Foreign Service, appointed by the United States Commissioner of Education, have registered since 1916 a steady growth in our higher institu tions on the subject of educational preparation for foreign service, for commerce in particular. In October, 1921, the bureau reported courses of study in prepa ration for foreign service in 70 colleges and universities. Of the 70 higher ih stitutions in which this special training was offered at that time, the 10 highest reported each more than 100 students taking foreign trade, a total enrollment for the 10 institutions of students. In Commercial Education Circular No. 7, Bureau of Education, is printed a list of the 70 institutions offering some kind of training for foreign service.
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