African Perspectives on Programs for North American Students in Africa: The Experience of the University of Dar es Salaam

Abstract

The University of Dar es Salaam' has a long history of links with universities in different parts of the world. Cur- rently it has formal link agreements with 61 universities in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including 12 in North America (11 in the United States and 1 in Canada). Seven out of the 12 include student exchange at undergraduate or graduate levels. These universities include Carleton, Brown, Connecticut, Hampton, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), uni- versities in the consortium of American Lutheran colleges, and a number of others organized under the International Stu- dent Exchange Program (ISEP) and the International Recip- rocal Student Exchange Program (IRSEP).