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January 1997
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Acknowledgements i
Authors ii
Abstract iii
Global Interdependence and Higher Education 1
Economic Integration and Higher Education 5
A Free-Market Approach 12
Implementing a Free-Market Approach 15
Methodology 24
Conclusions 26
Appendices (questionnaires)
Appendix1 Foreign Language Questionnaire for
Clemson University Students 30
Appendix 2 Foreign Language Questionnaire
for
Clemson University Professors 33
Appendix 3 Foreign Language Questionnaire
for
Clemson University Administrators 36
Appendix 4 Foreign Language Questionnaire
for
International Businesspersons in the
Piedmont 40
Tables
Table 1 Distribution of Questionnaires 43
Table 2 Related Groups of Questions on all
Questionnaires 44
Figures
Figure 1 Variable 1 (Foreign Language Background)
Findings by Group 45
Figure 2 Variable 2 (Foreign Language Attitudes)
Findings by Group 46
Figure 3 Variable 3 (Foreign Language Innovations)
Findings by Group 47
Figure 4 Variable 4 (Academic Majors Innovations)
Findings by Group 48
Figure 5 Variable 5 (Rewards) Findings by
Group 49
Figure 6 Variables 2-5 for Clemson University
students 50
Figure 7 Variables 2 and 4-5 for Clemson
University professors 51
Figure 8 Variables 2-5 for Clemson University
administrators 52
Figure 9 Variables 2-5 for Piedmont area
international business-persons 53
Figure 10 Comparison of Clemson University
and Tri-County Tech students' foreign
language learning attitudes 54