International Education: What Place in U.S. Diplomacy?
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2016-11-14

A Strategy on Study Abroad Can Boost Foreign Policy and Peacebuilding

More than 300,000 American students study abroad each year, and in 2015 nearly 1 million international students were enrolled at U.S. universities. These flows of students are a resource for America’s diplomacy and its efforts to build peace abroad. Still, diplomats and scholars on the issue say the United States should do much more to promote international education and more effectively integrate it into broader foreign policy. On November 14, scholars and diplomats will examine how the role of international education is changing, and steps that can be recommended to the next U.S. administration.

Learn more: http://www.usip.org/events/international-education-what-place-in-us-diplomacy