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On June 5, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation and implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program. The legislation was introduced in March by introduced by Reps. Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). To view the House-passed bill click here.
On March 27, 2007, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Norm Coleman (R-MN) introduced companion legislation, S. 991, in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the House bill with some minor modifications on February 13, 2008, and it is now pending consideration by the full Senate. To view the bill approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, click here
Both bills draw on the recommendations of the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program which released its report, Global Competence and National Needs: One Million Students Studying Abroad, on November 14, 2005. The program is the vision of the late Senator Paul Simon (D-IL). The Commission was set up in 2003 to formulate this program to greatly expand the opportunity for students at institutions of higher education in the United States to study abroad. To view the report, click here.
Visit International Education Week 2007 - International Education
Week 2007 was celebrated November 12-16, 2007.
To learn more about International Education Week 2007 activities, click here.
The Coalition for Citizen Diplomacy (CCD) is a group of leaders drawn from the nonprofit, business and academic communities, that has launched a national campaign to dramatically increase the number of Americans engaged in international dialogue, exchanges and activities. The campaign included a series of Community Summits held between September 2005–April 2006, that led to a National Summit on Citizen Diplomacy in Washington, DC, July 12–14, 2006. A second National Summit on Citizen Diplomacy was held in Washington, DC, February 12-13, 2008. The campaign continues to plan for future Community Summits.
To learn more about the CCD, visit www.citizen-diplomacy.org or contact the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV).
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