Electronic resource: New international study/study abroad website

Fri Feb 8 15:04:22 UTC 2002

The following message from NSEP, forwarded to NCOLCTL by J. David
Edwards, Executive
Director of the Joint National Committee for Languages...

-----Original Message-----
From: John David Edwards [mailto:info at languagepolicy.org] 
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 2:58 PM
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: Worldstudy.gov announcement

We have just received this from Bob Slater, Director of the National
Security Education program.   
Take a minute to explore this new exciting site!

Dave ....
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) is delighted to announce
the
release of a new website designed to encourage more American students to
consider the idea of international study and study abroad
(www.worldstudy.gov).  I have enclosed a brief announcement of this new
website. While it does not entirely address your constituents, the
website
is developed as a way to connect with students....even at the high
school
level -- to make them understand why and how area and language study is
important to careers, etc.  Please let your membership know about the
new
website.  Please note that while the website is not officially released
until March 1, you may preview it immediately.

National Security Education Program (NSEP) Launches Website

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.  (Remarks of former Senator David
L. Boren, President, University of Oklahoma to NSEP Boren Graduate
Fellows, September  10, 2001.)

In 1999-2000, of the more than 14 million Americans enrolled in higher
education, barely more than one of every hundred studies outside the
United States.  Of the approximately 144,000 American students studying
abroad, almost two-thirds study in Western Europe, Australia, Canada,
and New Zealand.  Even fewer American students study foreign languages
and develop a competency that allows them to communicate effectively in
anything other than English.

Why should I study abroad?  Why should I study another language? What
are the opportunities for funding?   Where do I begin?  Where could I
study?  Who else has studied in these areas of the world?  What
contribution will this make to my future?  

Matt Cox, an undergraduate major in Economics at the University of
Arizona, spent six months in St. Petersburg, Russia perfecting his
skills in Russian and learning about the Russian culture.  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.

worldstudy.gov, available beginning March 1, 2002 provides a “roadmap”
to answer many of the questions students might have about international
study.  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.  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.

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 U.S., focusing on those areas of
the world where we are least proficient.  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.

National Security Education Program 

 1101 Wilson Blvd.

Rosslyn PO Box 20010

Arlington, VA 22209-2248

703-696-1991

nsepo at ndu.edu

www.ndu.edu/nsep <http://www.ndu.edu/> 

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