by Alliance Staff | Feb 27, 2015 | Congressional News, Department of State News, Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Funding, John Kerry, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
Funding cuts to the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), a bilateral exchange program supported jointly by the U.S. and Germany, are facing bipartisan criticism from members of Congress, as well as from the German government. In addition to opposition from CBYX program alumni, the cuts have “spawned an unusual coalition in Washington that is working hard to reverse the partial defunding of the program,” Deutsche Welle reports.
by Alliance Staff | Feb 26, 2015 | Federal Register, Public Diplomacy
Exchanges are a strategic imperative to current national security goals, according to Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan. Assistant Secretary Ryan specifically referenced the importance of the State Department’s educational and cultural exchanges, English language learning, and cultural heritage preservation efforts as key to current anti-ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS) efforts.
by Alliance Staff | Feb 26, 2015 | Congressional News, Department of State News, Federal Register, Funding, John Kerry, Public Diplomacy
Secretary of State John Kerry, throughout the past two days, testified before several congressional committees with regard to the President’s FY16 State Department budget request.
by Alliance Staff | Feb 13, 2015 | Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
Dovetailing with the White House’s focus on the important role played by two-year institutions in American education, the Department of State and the Fulbright Program are seeking to involve community colleges more in exchanges, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
by Alliance Staff | Feb 10, 2015 | Department of State News, Federal Register, John Kerry, Public Diplomacy
Secretary of State John Kerry honored seven influential American artists one month ago for their contributions to U.S. cultural diplomacy, presenting them with the Art in Embassies (AIE) Medal of Arts Life Time Achievement award. In his opening speech at the awards ceremony, Kerry explored the weight art and multimedia have on cultural diplomatic pursuits:
by Alliance Staff | Feb 9, 2015 | Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
An increasing number of high school graduates in the United Kingdom are interested and/or enrolling in universities outside of the U.K., according to The Independent. A survey of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) found that ninety per cent of its administrators had noticed increased student interest in universities outside the U.K. over the past three years.
