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Photo of Secretary Rice greeting President Bush at the University Presidents Summit.>> U.S. Departments of State and Education Co-host U.S. University Presidents Summit
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings co-hosted the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education January 5-6, 2006, in Washington, DC. The Secretaries engaged leaders of U.S. higher education in a renewed partnership to strengthen international education, emphasizing its importance to the national interest. Secretaries Rice and Spellings called this Summit, organized by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to initiate a dialogue on the need for government to work collaboratively with the non-governmental sector on the future of U.S. higher education in a global arena.
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Remarks: President Bush at the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
Remarks: First Lady Laura Bush at the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education Luncheon
Remarks: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Opening the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
Remarks: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the International Education Dinner
Remarks: Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
Remarks: Under Secretary Karen Hughes at the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
Remarks: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Maura Harty at the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
Special Briefing on Summit and National Security Language Initiative: A/S for ECA Dina Powell and A/S for DRL Barry Lowenkron
Fact Sheet on the National Security Language Initiative
List of University Presidents Summit Participating Institutions
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Photo of Secretary Rice announcing the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program.>> Secretary of State Announces Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program
On December 13, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) initiative, the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program, that will bring up to 100 upcoming leaders in the field of journalism from around the world to examine journalistic practices in the United States. Planned for April 2006, the program is an innovative public-private partnership between the Department of State, the Aspen Institute, and six leading U.S. schools of journalism, residing at USC, the University of Minnesota, the University of North Carolina, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Texas. Secretary Rice, Under Secretary Karen Hughes, Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson, and USC Annenberg School for Communication Dean Geoffrey Cowan spoke at the event.
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>> Department of State and FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Form International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina Habib Powell announced today a dynamic new U.S. Department of State partnership with FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women in a mentoring program for emerging women business leaders from around the world. Selected participants will have the opportunity to be mentored by a senior executive in a Fortune 500 company and to develop management and business skills while gaining experience in the competitive, cutting-edge U.S. business environment. Ann Moore, Chairman and CEO of Time, Inc. (parent of FORTUNE), will be the first business leader to take part in the program.
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The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) fosters mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through international educational and training programs. The bureau does so by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture in all of its diversity to overseas audiences.

The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, Scholars and Professionals, and Teachers and Administrators. This site includes Fulbright Commissions and other information on the program.

EducationUSA promotes U.S. higher education abroad, supports overseas advising centers, collaborates with U.S. educational organizations to strengthen international exchange, and manages the Gilman study abroad scholarship program.

The Office of English Language Programs creates and implements high quality, targeted English language programs overseas to promote mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. Staff, including overseas-based Regional English Language Officers, plan, conduct and support programs sponsored by American Embassies and Consulates.

Programs for Eurasia and Southeast Europe include activities involving individual fellowships or institutional linkages.

Requests for Grant Proposals announce the latest bureau funding opportunities for academic, and non-profit institutions seeking exchanges and training grants.

The Humphrey Fellowships bring mid-level professionals from developing countries to the United States for a year of academic study and professional experiences.

The Study of the U.S. Branch promotes better understanding of the U.S. through Summer Institutes for foreign university faculty. This site also contains an extensive number of links to on-line American Studies resources.

The International Visitor Leadership Program brings participants to the U.S. to meet and confer with professional counterparts and to experience firsthand the U.S. and its institutions.

The Office of Citizen Exchanges develops professional, cultural and youth programs with nonprofit American institutions, including voluntary community organizations, professional associations, and universities. Thematic categories for grants include civil society, NGO development, civic education, media development, judicial training, intellectual property rights, and public administration among other themes. The office has three geographic divisions — Europe/Eurasia; Near East, South Asia and Africa; and Western Hemisphere and East Asia — as well as divisions for youth and cultural programs, including ECA's CultureConnect web site.

The Alumni Affairs Division is committed to continuing to engage with the alumni of Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) exchange programs in order to increase the mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries.

International Cultural Property Protection represents U.S. responsibilities in protecting the cultural patrimony of other countries.

The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, established by Congress for the fiscal year 2001, aims to assist less developed countries in preserving their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures.

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