US DOS and DOE "Summit on International Education"
and
National Security Language Initiative

Information on National Language Associations and Resources

Education Week Article on Students taking Spanish, French: Leaders Pushing Chinese, Arabic (3/29/2006)

Reports from NASULGC from  National Security Language Briefing 3/12/2006 FACT SHEET (MS WORD Doc), ED NSLI Presentation (PowerPoint)

The following links are provided as background on the summit and language initiative:

• Summary on meeting from a participant
   
• Comments by University Presidents
  http://www.state.gov/r/summit/58708.htm
   
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to Host U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58736.htm
   
• Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes at the Summit of U.S. Presidents on Higher Education
  http://www.state.gov/r/us/58776.htm
   
• National Security Language Initiative
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm
   
• Briefing on the National Security Language Initiative
  http://www.state.gov/g/rls/rm/2005/58737.htm  (PDF version)
   
• Summit Participants (PDF)
   
• From NASULGC >>> Before a crowd of 100 university presidents and other higher education leaders, the President announced the National Security Language Initiative. Below are links to the President's Speech, and Secretary of State Rice's speech. In text is the briefing on the Initiative provided by Assistant Secretary Dina Powell, which provides specific details of the proposal.
  
  Remarks by Secretary Rice http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2006/58735.htm
  • Secretary of State Remarks (PDF)
     
• Remarks by President Bush http://www.state.gov/r/summit/58734.htm 
  •  President Bush Remarks (PDF)

NEWS articles -

• IIE Interactive -
  IIE.Interactive Newsletter > IIE.Interactive: National Security Language Initiative - 1/10/06
  IIE.Interactive Newsletter > IIE.Interactive: January 2-6, 2006 - 1/06/2006
• New York Times story  -
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/politics/06language.html (PDF)
• Washington Post story -
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010502199.html (PDF)
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010700828_pf.html (PDF)
• US News and World Report -
  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/060116/16education.htm (PDF)
• 1/6/2006 Daily Report from The Chronicle of Higher Education 

   SPEAKING TO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS attending a conference on
   international education at the State Department on Thursday,
   President Bush announced that he would ask Congress for
   $114-million to teach languages critical for national
   security to students from kindergarten through college.
   --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/01/2006010601n.htm
   --> http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=xtvVMgMjj8pQfWzHhyQNrSgRPphk2qGp This article will be available to non-subscribers of The Chronicle for up to five days after it is e-mailed (1/10/2006).

 

posted 01/06/2006, rev. 04/04/2006 07:41:16 AM