- AC Greece is one of our newest field offices, thanks to the initiation of FLEX Greece in early 2019. 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 school exchange that promotes mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and 21 countries across Europe,… Read More
- Sponsored by the United States Department of State, the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program promotes mutual understanding between citizens of the United States and 22 countries across Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia.Every FLEX exchange student lives with a volunteer host family for one academic year to learn about American values, attend a U.S. high school, and teach Americans about their home countries. Participants return home galvanized and inspired to share their new experiences… 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
- American Councils has supported Ukrainian students, educators, and institutions for over four decades, including sending U.S. students to Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, Kyiv, and other Ukrainian cities well before independence. With a full-time presence in Ukraine since 1991, we have supported Ukraine’s people, its institutions, and its position as a vibrant member of the global community through educational programming, professional training, and people-to-people ties.American Councils will continue to… Read More
- Veronica Guzman tells her students that learning a language can open up their worlds to new opportunities. She knows because she’s experienced it. Her first language is Spanish, and she also grew up speaking English. In school, she studied Italian but later switched to Russian because she wanted to further challenge herself. “Being able to study and use a critical language gives you a better understanding of other cultures and really opens you up to other perspectives,” she said.… Read More
- The American Councils Research Center (ARC) provides data and research on language learning and language use in education and in the workplace. ARC’s goal is to provide relevant data to policymakers at all levels.ARC builds on the accomplishments of American Councils in the areas of language assessment, advanced language acquisition, immersion learning, and intercultural development. The staff has produced nationally and internationally recognized materials. Among ARC’s most… 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
- VILNIUS Officials are hopeful about an uptick in Americans attending university in Belarus, following a three-day education workshop. The event, which took place earlier this month, brought together educators from Belarus and the US, who discussed increasing opportunities to engage American students. The Head of the International Relations Department at Mogilev State University, Sergey Machekin, was among the attendees. "One of the objectives of the conference is to attract American… Read More
- In the suburbs of Almaty, Irina Abasova found her niche. Or rather, she molded it. She started off in the banking industry, but after becoming a mother and with some encouragement from friends, she realized she wanted to be her own boss. So she started her own 3D printing with one used printer. Eventually, she shifted her focus to plastic molds and today she leads a staff of 15 at Creat3D. Last month, she won a government grant through a program that promotes innovative ideas that will… Read More
- The US Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program awarded $240,840 to American Councils to provide scholarships to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Russian and Persian participating in its semester programs in Moscow and Dushanbe.. American Councils will award a total of 36 scholarships 12 each per semester for spring 2017, fall 2017, and spring 2018 to participants in the Advanced Russian Language and Areas Studies Program (RLASP) in… Read More
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