- The Master’s and Internship Program (MIP) was established in 2016 by the Albanian – American Development Foundation (AADF), to provide young Albanian professionals, future leaders, and managers a unique opportunity for master's degrees and professional internships in the fields of agriculture, business administration, heritage, eco-tourism and hospitality, education, information technology and computer science, public health, public policy, and public administration.Furthering the mission… Read More
- FLEX is excited to welcome the 2025-26 finalists from Greece to the U.S. in August. Unfortunately, due to resource constraints, there will not be any recruitment in Greece in 2025 for the 2026-27 program year. Located in Athens, the country's capital and one of the world's oldest cities, AC Greece is primarily focused on supporting the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX), which is a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. FLEX is a high… Read More
- American Councils’ supporters enjoyed a reception and tour last week at the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center in Washington, DC at the 2019 donor appreciation event. This annual gathering celebrates the generous contributions of American Councils' donors, whose support funds scholarships for outbound participants and helps to make study abroad programs more accessible to students across the United States. To date, donors have supported more than 100 scholarships for American students studying… Read More
- Join us for a guest lecture and discussion, featuring Dr. William Brumfield. About Dr. Brumfield William Craft Brumfield, PhD, is a professor of Slavic studies and a Sizeler professor of Jewish studies at Tulane University. Dr. Brumfield is an internationally-known and widely-celebrated scholar of Russian architecture. As a student of Russian literature and history, and as a photographer and historian of Russian architecture, Dr. Brumfield has worked in Russia since the… Read More
- Caroline and Liza haven’t met yet, but the nearly two-year-olds have been destined for friendship since before they were born. Their moms, Laura Carll and Tatyana Movshevich, have helped them become pen pals, shipping care packages between London and Erie, Pennsylvania. (The toddlers are not yet ready to write their own letters, but they do enjoy remote playdates through video calls.) Nurturing their daughters' friendship was a natural next step for the moms, best friends who… Read More
- Editor's note: Yulia Bychkovska spent the 2015-16 school year attending high school in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, as part of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. She is currently studying international business and business administration at Columbia College in Missouri. She's not sure yet what she'll do after graduation, but she knows she'll have her mom's support. When my mom met me at the airport after my exchange year in Ohio, instead of balloons or a cheesy poster, she met me… Read More
- WASHINGTON — American Councils’ leadership met with Russia's Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, and representatives from the Russian Embassy to discuss US-Russian cooperation in the field of education. During a visit on Tuesday, Acting President David Patton, PhD, highlighted several potential areas for increased collaboration between the two countries, including language and cultural studies, student exchanges, bilateral STEM programs, and practical training. “It is now more critical… Read More
- WASHINGTON – American Councils for International Education has selected the five US universities that will spend this year working with higher education institutions in Kazakhstan to build partnerships and support internationalization efforts in both countries.American Councils awarded grants to the five US schools this spring, the culmination of the US-Kazakhstan University Coaching program, which is a two-year initiative supported and funded by the US Embassy in Astana to prepare… Read More
- Study With Us (SWU) is a college and university preparatory program for promising individuals from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan seeking to pursue higher education study in the United States. The curriculum focuses on application essays, standardized test preparation, academic reading and writing, and other essential skills that help students to apply for college or university independently, as well as succeed while attending school in the United States.Students are also… Read More
- WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives invited American Councils’ Acting President David Patton to offer testimony yesterday on the impact of citizen exchange programs. Speaking at the Public Witness Hearing for the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Dr. Patton recommended increased funding for fiscal year 2020, and encouraged continued support of exchange programs, particularly in Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet… Read More
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