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  • New Report Publishes Results of National K-16 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey
    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
  • Announcing the Inaugural Robert Rose Education Award Recipient
    WASHINGTON—In celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, aptly named for the atomic weight of element number one, hydrogen, American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the Robert Rose Education Award in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Mr. Zachary Batts, a master’s degree student in chemical engineering at Purdue University. Through the Rose Award, Mr. Batts will complete a nine-month residency on hydrogen safety research at the… Read More
  • UniCEN Hosts Internationalization and Capacity Building Workshop in Tajikistan
    The Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) successfully conducted its inaugural capacity-building workshop in Tajikistan on June 15 and 16, 2023. This training program aimed to bolster the internationalization efforts of Tajik universities and enhance the abilities of Tajik educators to initiate, develop, and execute international collaborative projects. It also fostered institutional ties and cooperation between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.A… Read More
  • An Update on the Academic IQ Program in Ukraine
    The program, which develops a professionalized workforce of educators and administrators who support academic integrity across Ukrainian higher education institutions (HEIs) and secondary schools, has shifted to help support Ukrainian universities maintain continuity in their curriculum. Immediately after the war begin in February, the Academic IQ team began issuing weekly newsletters to the participating 60 universities with opportunities for faculty members, scholars, and students that aided… Read More
  • University Partnership Lab
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  • Study: Students in Dual-language Programs Outperform Peers in Reading
    This article was originally published in the Seattle Times By Paige Cornwell A big, new study out of Portland found significant gains in reading for students enrolled in dual-language immersion programs, in which students are taught in both English and a second language. Portland students enrolled in such programs had reading skills in English that were almost a full year higher than their peers, according to the study, which was released this month. The study, which included 27,741 children,… Read More
  • American Councils Partners with MCC and the Government of Kiribati on the Kiribati Threshold Program
    American Councils for International Education is proud to announce its collaboration with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Government of Kiribati on the Kiribati Threshold Program. This initiative seeks to spur economic growth for I-Kiribati through a $29.1 million MCC investment in the country’s employment sector.Kiribati, an Oceania Island nation in the Central Pacific, faces unique challenges due to its remote location and limited economic opportunities. A… Read More
  • UniCEN Hosts Capacity-Building Workshops in Uzbekistan
    In Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the U.S.-Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) hosted two capacity-building workshops for university administrators, researchers, and faculty members from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The key objectives of these workshops were to enhance the research capacity of Central Asian faculties and to promote interdisciplinary and regional cooperation.   The agenda of these intensive workshops combined… Read More
  • Central Asian University Representatives Gather in Bishkek for UniCEN Internationalization Workshop
    On March 24-25, the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) Internationalization Workshop brought together over 40 Central Asian university representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The distinguished delegation attended for the first time from five Turkmenistan higher education institutions, which marked a significant moment in the history of the UniCEN program and reflected the commitment to internationalization and cross-border… Read More
  • Inaugural Cohort of Wartime Ukrainian Faculty Fellows Announced
    American Councils is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Visiting Fellowship Awards for Ukrainian Displaced Scholars (VFA/UDS) to a distinguished group of scholars from war-distressed universities in east and southeastern Ukraine. Fellowship awards provide a semester or year of financial support to enable scholars to continue their research and teaching activities. The Visiting Scholars Program is made possible by grants to American Councils from the Carnegie Corporation of New York,… Read More