The Psychology of International-Mindedness Studied by the Method of Opinion Correlates

Global awareness of administrators in higher education in the State of Oregon

“…This would be in keeping with the findings of Pike (1979), Lentz (1946) and Barrows (1980) The fact that 98.0% of respondents with mid and high scores have traveled to foreign countries bears out findings in the literature (Flack, 1976;Kelman, 1962;Klineberg, 1954;& Newcomb, 1976). The high percentage that had contact with foreign languages (66.7%) before leaving high school and contact with different cultures (81.7%) also supported findings in the literature.…”

“…This finding may be related to the conclusions of Lentz (1946), Barrows (1980) and Pike (1979) that parent educational level affects attitudes and knowledge, that desire to spend longer periods abroad for the purpose of enhancing knowledge and attitudes could be affected.…”

“…Because socio-economic perspective appears to be a potentially significant factor, data were collected on administrators' ethnicity, country of birth, and family educational level (Lentz, 1946;Barrows, 1980). It was felt that educational experience, formal and informal, and college major and coursework would probably contribute to levels of worldmindedness (Barrows, 1980).…”

“…The literature suggests that those with a more liberal orientation would be more likely to be world-minded (Lentz, 1946;Allport, 1954). Democrats, generally considered to be liberals, outweigh the Republicans and "Others" by 2 to 1 in the high score group but are in the reverse position in the low score group.…”