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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=310494914-08022002>The
following message from NSEP, forwarded to NCOLCTL by J. David Edwards,
Executive</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=310494914-08022002>Director of the Joint National Committee for
Languages...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John David Edwards
[mailto:info@languagepolicy.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 07, 2002
2:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Undisclosed-Recipient:;<BR><B>Subject:</B> Worldstudy.gov
announcement<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have just received this from Bob Slater,
Director of the National Security Education program. <SPAN
class=310494914-08022002><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take a minute to explore this new exciting
site!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave ....<BR>The National Security Education
Program (NSEP) is delighted to announce the<BR>release of a new website designed
to encourage more American students to<BR>consider the idea of international
study and study abroad<BR>(<A
href="http://www.worldstudy.gov">www.worldstudy.gov</A>). I have enclosed
a brief announcement of this new<BR>website. While it does not entirely address
your constituents, the website<BR>is developed as a way to connect with
students....even at the high school<BR>level -- to make them understand why and
how area and language study is<BR>important to careers, etc. Please let
your membership know about the new<BR>website. Please note that while the
website is not officially released<BR>until March 1, you may preview it
immediately.<BR><BR> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">National Security Education Program (NSEP)
Launches Website</B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.5in; mso-pagination: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">We are living through a
period of incredible change in the world and struggling to come to grips with
it...the task of defining our position in the world and struggling to find our
role in the world, to figure out who we are...and how we define our national
security. What a window of opportunity it is. It is an extraordinary time, not
only in intensity of change, but intensity of opportunity</SPAN></I></B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">(Remarks of
former Senator David L. Boren, President, </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> of
</SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Oklahoma</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> to NSEP Boren Graduate
Fellows, </SPAN><st1:date Year="2001" Day="10" Month="9"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">September<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>10, 2001</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">.)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o
ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none">In 1999-2000, of the more than
14 million Americans enrolled in higher education, barely more than one of every
hundred studies outside the <st1:country-region><st1:place>United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Of the approximately 144,000 American students studying abroad, almost
two-thirds study in <st1:place><st1:City>Western Europe</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region>Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and
<st1:country-region><st1:place>New
Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Even fewer American students study foreign languages and develop a
competency that allows them to communicate effectively in anything other than
English.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; mso-pagination: none"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Why should I study abroad?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Why should I study another language?
What are the opportunities for funding?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where do I begin?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Where could I study?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Who else has studied in these areas of
the world?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What contribution will
this make to my future?</I> <SPAN class=310494914-08022002><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; mso-pagination: none">Matt
Cox, an undergraduate major in Economics at the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Arizona</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, spent six months in
<st1:place><st1:City>St. Petersburg</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region>Russia</st1:country-region></st1:place> perfecting his
skills in Russian and learning about the Russian culture.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Matt is one of more than 2,000 students
who have been supported in their international and language study by David L.
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships since 1994.<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">worldstudy.gov</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">, available beginning </SPAN><st1:date Year="2002"
Day="1" Month="3"><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">March 1,
2002</SPAN></U></st1:date><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times"> provides a “roadmap”
to answer many of the questions students might have about international
study.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It presents success stories
of students, like Matt Cox, who have experienced enormous personal and academic
growth by studying in and about countries all across the globe.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Produced for NSEP by Mensch Media of
Takoma Park, Maryland, the site answers students’ questions about how to take
the first step toward a formative international experience. It should prove to
be an invaluable resource to students, teachers, and administrators.</SPAN></P>
<P align=left class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none">The National Security
Education Program (NSEP), created by Congress in 1992 includes among its mission
the objective to promote the importance of language and culture study in the
<st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, focusing
on those areas of the world where we are least proficient.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Times">David
L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide undergraduates up to $20,000 and
graduate students up to $28,000 for a year for study abroad and language
study.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">National Security Education
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