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 its realization. The basis on which he was accepted and the fact that his 

 stay was a limited one, restricted the visitor's impact to his dialogue with 

 students, and this largely on substantive issues. It might have taken the 

 first half of his stay to realize the contrary lean of the organizational 

 circumstances into which he had been introduced. If he rose against these 

 circumstances, it would take the second half of his visit to realize how 

 powerless he was in effectively countering them. This says nothing about 

 the validity of the visiting professorhips as a valuable international in- 

 stitution. It can justify itself exclusively on the basis of the substantive 

 teaching help that it affords. If further justification is needed, note 

 should be taken of the developmental value to the visitor and to his home 

 institution implicit in the arrangement. A man's teaching style will be 

 inevitably altered as the result of years spent abroad. But the fact remains 

 that the visiting professor by and large has not been an economic device 

 for the transmission to the underdeveloped world of the styles of organiza- 

 tion capable of housing authentic scientific research. An additional ingredient 

 was required, one which the bi-national research institute has been able to 

 provide at a limited number of locations. 



The bi-national research institute typically grows out of the 

 enthusiasms of a visiting professor who has aspired to establish something 

 of permanence, has recognized the limitations of the visiting arrangement, 

 and has returned to make heavy personal investment in the creation of a 

 viable, self-sustaining institution on site. In this sense^ it may be con- 

 sidered an occasional by-product of the visiting professional arrangement. 

 Two elements carry it forward. The first is that the foreign professor is 

 accepted as a member of the international science community, not as an agent 

 of a foreign government. He is viewed professionally as a neutral party. 



