May 6, 2008
Presidential Candidates Are Urged to Use International Education to Improve U.S. Global Image
The next president needs to act deliberately to respond to “serious concerns” about the United States’ standing on the global stage and should leverage international-education programs as a way to build a strong foundation for collaboration with other nations, officials at Nafsa: Association of International Educators said in an interview posted on a blog about public diplomacy in the 2008 presidential election.
“While each of the candidates has noted America’s declining global image, they have not put forward detailed plans on the issue of public diplomacy,” officials from Nafsa said on the public-diplomacy Web site, which is operated by the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California and the Foreign Policy Association. “We very much hope they will and that those plans will include an integral role for international education.”
The international group has written letters to the presidential candidates urging them to focus on using international education to help meet the nation’s needs. Nafsa is urging that the next president develop a proactive national strategy to restore U.S. competitiveness for foreign students and scholars and to ensure that American students are internationally educated.
Sara Hebel | Posted on Tuesday May 6, 2008 | Permalink
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