Policy Monitor

Brookings event examines impact of international volunteering
Mark Overmann
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 11:59

At a Brookings Institution forum last week, many participants argued that international volunteering is an integral component of “smart power,” as well as a cost-effective way to promote intercultural understanding. [Full transcript and audio available here.]

ACTION ALERT: Urge your Senators and Representatives to fund exchanges at $675 million
Mark Overmann
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 17:04

After much budgetary uncertainty on Capitol Hill, action is finally expected this week on the FY 2011 budget. The House State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up its FY 2011 spending bill on Wednesday, June 30, at 4:00 p.m. The Senate State-Foreign Ops subcommittee is expected to act on its own spending bill just after the July 4th recess.

U.S. and Indonesia set to expand educational exchanges
Mark Overmann
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 16:48

“The United States will spend $165-million over the next five years on programs to help strengthen higher education in Indonesia through educational exchanges and university partnerships,” the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. President Obama and Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, announced this initiative yesterday at a meeting at the G-20 summit in Toronto.

After weeks of limbo, FY 2011 budget sees action on the Hill
Mark Overmann
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 16:46

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) reports that “after several weeks of budgetary limbo on Capitol Hill, action is expected” this week on the FY 2011 budget. The impending budget developments include:

Federal Register since 06/18/10
Mark Overmann
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 08:41

Below please find the listing of Federal Register announcements issued by the U.S. Departments of State, Education, and Homeland Security, and USAID since 06/18/10.

VA issues clarification on study abroad under GI Bill
Mark Overmann
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 08:38

The Veterans Administration last week posted on its website a fact sheet clarifying the use of funding provided through the Post-9/11 GI Bill for study abroad. A copy of the fact sheet is attached, and can be found on the VA website:

http://www.gibill.va.gov/documents/post_911_study_abroad_fact_sheet.pdf

The fact sheet delineates what types of study abroad programs are eligible for funding. The Alliance thanks the Institute of International Education for its work on this issue, and for alerting us to the new fact sheet.
 

Ann Stock confirmed by Senate
Mark Overmann
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 11:07

The U.S. Senate confirmed by voice vote this morning the nomination of Ann Stock for Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. CQ.com reports that in addition to Stock, the Senate confirmed more than 60 other nominees, including several Pentagon civilian appointees, members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and several U.S. attorneys.

Policy Monitor Weekly Digest June 14-18, 2010
Mark Overmann
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 12:37

► First Lady Michelle Obama yet again publicly supported the value of study abroad and international exchange, this time during her commencement address at Anacostia Senior High School in DC.

Federal Register since 06/11/10
Mark Overmann
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 11:46

Below please find the listing of Federal Register announcements issued by the U.S. Departments of State, Education, and Homeland Security, and USAID since 06/11/10.

Clinton commends students, host families, for participation in YES program
Mark Overmann
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 11:31

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to outgoing participants of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES) yesterday, commending them for being “courageous” and for “taking this opportunity to see what it was like in the United States.” Clinton also thanked the students’ host families for “opening up their homes to each and every one of you. We obviously could not run this program without them.”

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