American International Education And Its Cultural Diplomacy Strategy: 1946-1966

In recent years,greater attention has been given to international education, especially the international education in the United States during 1946-1966.After the Second World War,the United States becomes the strongest country in the world.In order to maintain strength,the government of the United States devoted efforts to the international education.From 1946 to 1966, only 20 years,many important acts had been raised by the government: including Fulbright Act(1946),Smith-Mundt Act(1948),Fulbright Hays Act(1961),National Defense Education Act(1958),The International Education Act (1966).Fulbright Act is a beginning to show that the government of the United States begins to handle the affairs about the international education.In 1966,the American congress passed the International Education Act,which was the first act about international education in American history,even in the world history. It indicated that international education as a new institution had been built.The dissertation has five parts:the first part is the introduction,including the aim and meaning of this research,literature research findings,main structure of the research and the scope of the key word.The second part is discussing the reason why the American international education develops quickly during 1946-1966.Four reasons are given:the historical tradition,political environment,the need of culture exchange and economic reason.The third part is the policies and laws of the American international education.The fourth part is about the relationship between American international education and cultural diplomacy,and American international education is an important component of cultural diplomacy stragety.The last part is about the experience we can learn from the the American international education.1946-1966,the international education as an important part of the cultural diplomacy plays a positive role for establishing a good image of America to the world.Meanwhile,international education also promotes the exchange of the education and the people around the world.For China,we can draw lessons from the United States.On one hand,we should prevent the United States in the peaceful transformation.On the other hand,we should draw lessons from the way that the United States carries out large-scale international education to improve relations with the other countries.