January 25th, 2011 posted by Paul McWilliams
Following just days after the visit of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, US President Barrack Obama has pledged to double the number of Americans studying in China by 2014. The move was backed by Michelle Obama, who called the proposed increase in exchanges “a key component of this administrations’ foreign policy agenda” in a speech at Howard University.
November 27th, 2009 posted by Felicity Pont
The British Council announced £300,000 (approximately $500,000) of funding to support a new initiative, the UK-US University and College New Partnerships Fund, to increase relationships between United Kingdom and United States education institutions.
July 27th, 2009 posted by Nikki Tarjanyi
Eighteen educational organisations, lead by NAFSA Association of International Educators last week sent a letter to president Barack Obama urging him to lift restrictions on academic travel to Cuba, which was imposed by the Bush administration in 2004.
