International Education and Foreign Languages: Keys to Securing America's FutureNational Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Education, Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs National Academies Press, 2007 M07 18 - 414 páginas International Education and Foreign Languages reviews the Department of Education's Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs, which provide higher education funding for international education and foreign language programs. This book offers a timely look at issues that are increasingly important in an interconnected world. It discusses the effect of the nation's lack of expertise in foreign languages and cultural knowledge on national security and global competitiveness and it describes the challenges faced by the U.S. educational system and the federal government in trying to address those needs. The book also examines the federal government's recent proposal to create a new National Security Language Initiative, the role of the Department of Education, and current efforts to hold higher education programs accountable. This book provides information and recommendations that can help universities, educators, and policy makers establish a system of foreign language and international education that is ready to respond to new and unanticipated challenges around the world. |
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... the globe, countries whose positions on the world stage change over time, often in unpredictable ways. The Title VI and Fulbright-Hays (Title VI/FH) programs are designed to help to serve these broader societal Executive Summary.
... position should be one that requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation (12.1). The resources of ED should be coordinated with the resources of other programs. The Title VI/FH programs play a unique role among the array of ...
... position should be one that requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Recommendation 12.2: Congress should require the secretary of education, in consultation and coordination with the Departments of State and Defense ...
... positions in the military, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and the diplomatic corps with people who have language and area expertise, as discussed by the 9/11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United ...
... positions or areas of need determined by rapidly changing geopolitics. A specific strength of Title VI/FH programs is that they support research and teaching in a wide variety of areas and languages. Changing geopolitics often causes ...