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The English Access Microscholarship Program is an international project created by the U.S Department of State which aims to help teens (13–20 years-old) from economically disadvantaged backgrounds gain opportunities in employment, education, and life in general.
The Regional English Language Officer (RELO) is a position with the United States Department of State. [1] The position serves under the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). RELOs are located throughout the world as career foreign service officers and participate in what can be considered soft power diplomacy by the United States. [1]
The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) is a US Department of State ECA program launched in 2006 by President George W. Bush to develop the foreign language skills of American high school students in eight critical-need languages.
In 2009, the Department of State concluded that American Spaces should comprise a network of Binational Centers, American Spaces, and American Corners and should offer a common menu of programs and information which, combined, would serve as the initial experience that millions of global visitors have with the United States, building mutual ...
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a United States Department of State cultural and educational exchange program which offers approximately 500 [clarification needed] undergraduate or graduate level students from the United States the opportunity to participate in an intensive language study abroad.
The WIDA Consortium (formerly World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) is an educational consortium of state departments of education.Currently, 42 U.S. states and the District of Columbia participate in the WIDA Consortium, as well as the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Palau, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Over 700 Spaces are hosted in embassies, schools, libraries, and other partner institutions in 169 countries. They provide information about United States' policy, culture, and values as well as study in the United States. They also support English language learning and activities for alumni of international visitor programs.
The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsors the Fulbright Program from an annual appropriation from the U.S. Congress. Additional direct and in-kind support comes from partner governments, foundations, corporations, and host institutions both in and outside the US [ 66 ] The Fulbright Program is administered ...