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In what The Wall Street Journal calls "the first comprehensive analysis of Sino-American educational exchanges," this volume provides information on the numbers and attributes of American and Chinese students and scholars who have moved between China and the United States since 1978. This book not only supplies quantitative data on their fields of study, length of stay, and financial resources, but also discusses such qualitative issues as the problems students and scholars have encountered in carrying out their work, the adequacy of their preparation, the "reabsorption" process that students and scholars from China face upon their return home, and the impact of the exchange process on fields of study in both countries.Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1 The Sino-American Academic Relationship: Images and Interests 2 The Context for Academic Exchange 3 Characteristics of Exchange Participants 4 Exchange Programs and Sponsors 5 Exchange on Campus A. Tables A-1 Through A-33 B. Institutions Responding to University Questionnaire C. Institutions Responding to Asian Studies Questionnaire D. National Key Institutions E. Multivariate Analysis of the Determinants of Financial Aid Given to J-1 Visa Holders by the Chinese Government and American Universities F. Responding American Philanthropic Organizatoins, Professional Associations, and Other Exchange Organizations G. Protocols and Memoranda of Understanding Under the U.S.-PRC Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology H. CSCPRC Programs, 1972-1985 I. World Bank Group Education Projects in China J. Chinese Language Study Programs in the PRC K. Authors of Commissioned Papers L. Restricted Classes and Conferences Glossary Index