White House Calls for Renewed Commitment to International
Education
In an April Executive memo on international education,
President Clinton announced the federal government's policy to
renew and strengthen its commitment to international education.
The President directed the heads of executive departments and
agencies, working in partnership with the private sector, to take
several specific actions. The recommended actions include
encouraging students from other countries to study in the United
States; promoting study abroad by U.S. students; strengthening
support for foreign language learning at all levels; creating new
efforts to make sure that international education is an integral
component of U.S. undergraduate education; and advancing new
technologies that aid the spread of knowledge throughout the
world.
The memorandum was issued following U.S. Secretary of Education
Richard Riley's major address earlier in the day calling for a
renewed emphasis on international education.
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