- We are pleased to announce the launch of the Academic Fellowships in Russia program. Provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Councils Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR) will support US graduate students enrolled in PhD programs in the social sciences, post-doctoral fellows, university faculty, and independent scholars to conduct on-site research and fieldwork in Russia for periods of three to nine months on topics within the social science disciplines. About… Read More
- Friends, partners, and colleagues joined us to celebrate Dr. Dan E. Davidson's legacy in international education by raising money for scholarships. President Lorne Craner and Trustees of American Councils for International Education were pleased to host our partners and friends at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. on November 8th to celebrate American Councils' President Emeritus Dr. Dan E. Davidson's 45-year legacy of expanding US engagement in international education and academic… Read More
- Filling the stately Kennedy Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building today, 230 exuberant high school exchange students from the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program capped off their 2016-17 academic year with some well-earned fanfare. Speakers at-the-ready to congratulate the group of scholarship students included former US Senator Richard Lugar (YES program co-founder) and Mark Taplin, Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational… Read More
- WASHINGTON — The National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey Report, unveiled today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, provides policymakers and educators with an updated view of the state of language in the United States across the K-12 educational continuum. The report documents world language enrollments across the formal US education system for a closer look at language education in primary and secondary schools. The Language Flagship at the Defense… Read More
- The 2016-17 academic year marked a decade of the Teachers of Critical Languages Program. Since 2006, the program has sent 236 exchange teachers to 155 US host schools in 38 states and the District of Columbia. For 2016-17, American Councils placed 24 exchange teachers from Egypt and China across the United States. Throughout the academic year, TCLP celebrated with special events such as lesson plan contests, a video campaign with reflections from alumni, and a #TCLP10 photo campaign on Twitter… Read More
- We would like to cordially invite you to a panel discussion and press conference on the National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey. The National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey collects and analyzes K-12 foreign language enrollment data as it currently stands in the United States, where more than 21 percent of households speak a language other than English at home. National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey Panel discussion and press conference Thursday, June… Read More
- The National K-16 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey collects and analyzes K-12 foreign language enrollment data as it currently stands in the United States, where more than 21 percent of households speak a language other than English at home. This report maps and documents enrollments at the K-12 level; showing that approximately 20 percent of K-12 student population is enrolled in foreign language courses. The Foreign Language Enrollment Study also includes reporting on language courses… Read More
- America's Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century, released today, is the final report of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Commission on Language Learning in response to a bipartisan Congressional request to investigate how language learning influences US economic growth, international security and diplomacy, and education and culture. The Commission on Language Learning, formed by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (the Academy) in 2015 to evaluate… Read More
- The Commission on Language Learning, formed by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (the Academy) in 2015 to evaluate the state of foreign language learning as a response to a bipartisan request from the US Congress, released the first comprehensive report on US language education in decades. To unveil its findings, the Academy hosted a public discussion and panel at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as well as a series of meetings with members of Congress and representatives… Read More
- On January 25, the Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) inaugurated the first Italy-US University Partnership Forum to promote research, education, and technology transfer to over 100 representatives from 44 US and 22 Italian universities. The forum's attendees were convened by American Councils for International Education, along with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), the National Council of University Research… Read More
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