Advocacy

How can we "Race to the Top" if we are monolingual?
==[|ACTFL Announces 2010 National Student Video Podcast Contest to Celebrate Discover Languages Month!]==

[|US Global Competence Website]
The American Council on Education and Coalition for International Education are pleased to announce the launch of [|www.usglobalcompetence.org] [|.] This new website highlights the urgent need for international and foreign language education to become part of the core mission of the U.S. education system from K-12 through graduate school.

Titled "Engaging the World: U.S. Global Competence for the 21st century," the site demonstrates through videos and highlights of a recent symposium the importance of strengthening U.S. global competence in the 21st century. Whether it's global engagement abroad or global/cultural understanding at home and learning foreign languages our success in this centurywill depend on it.

The site features two videos and 13 additional brief interviews with Title VI/Fulbright-Hays beneficiaries who are currently employing their knowledge and expertise both at home and abroad. The experts interviewed work in business, diplomacy and international peace, economic and health care development, education, and military security and peacekeeping. All videos are viewable online and downloadable.