EducationUSA
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EducationUSA is a global network of more than 400 advising centers supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
at the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
(ECA) fosters mutual understanding between the United States
and other countries by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States
and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture in all of its diversity
to overseas audiences. Millions of prospective students learn about U.S. study opportunities through EducationUSA centers each year.
higher education
around the world by offering accurate, comprehensive, objective and timely information about educational opportunities in the United States and guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access those opportunities. Centers are staffed by professional advisers, many of whom have first-hand experience having studied in the United States themselves, and/or having received State Department-approved training about United States higher education and the advising process. EducationUSA staff in Washington, DC and at diplomatic missions abroad assist advisers in their mission.
Each year over 14 million students and parents communicate directly with EducationUSA advisers in over 400 advising centers in 170 countries. EducationUSA advising centers are the only US government-approved source of information on US higher education. These centers provide services both to prospective students and their families as well as for US accredited institutions who are exploring ways to achieve their international education goals either through student recruitment or expansion of study abroad, exchange and internship programs.
EducationUSA funds the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program, run through the Institute of International Education
. The Gilman Scholarship offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. Participants must be receiving a Pell grant
.
The Open Doors Report, published through the Institute of International Education
, is an annual census of international students in the U.S. and U.S. students abroad. EducationUSA funds this and other research on study abroad.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world...
at the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world...
(ECA) fosters mutual understanding between the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and other countries by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture in all of its diversity
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
to overseas audiences. Millions of prospective students learn about U.S. study opportunities through EducationUSA centers each year.
Mission
EducationUSA centers actively promote United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
around the world by offering accurate, comprehensive, objective and timely information about educational opportunities in the United States and guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access those opportunities. Centers are staffed by professional advisers, many of whom have first-hand experience having studied in the United States themselves, and/or having received State Department-approved training about United States higher education and the advising process. EducationUSA staff in Washington, DC and at diplomatic missions abroad assist advisers in their mission.
Each year over 14 million students and parents communicate directly with EducationUSA advisers in over 400 advising centers in 170 countries. EducationUSA advising centers are the only US government-approved source of information on US higher education. These centers provide services both to prospective students and their families as well as for US accredited institutions who are exploring ways to achieve their international education goals either through student recruitment or expansion of study abroad, exchange and internship programs.
Programs
EducationUSA's main program is advising international students on U.S. higher education opportunities. Roughly half a million international students enroll in a U.S. institution of higher learning last year. Many sought advice from a regional EducationUSA advisor before, during, and after the application process. Advisors are located in about 170 countries and provide information to over 14 million prospective students each year. Advisers reach out to students, professors, local institutions, and other groups and individuals through individual advising, admissions visits, college fairs, and virtual consulting.EducationUSA funds the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program, run through the Institute of International Education
Institute of International Education
Institute of International Education - is a non-profit organization promoting international exchange of education and training. It was established in 1919 and is based in the USA....
. The Gilman Scholarship offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. Participants must be receiving a Pell grant
Pell Grant
A Pell Grant is money the federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Federal Pell Grants are limited to students with financial need, who have not earned their first bachelor's degree or who are not enrolled in certain post-baccalaureate programs, through participating...
.
The Open Doors Report, published through the Institute of International Education
Institute of International Education
Institute of International Education - is a non-profit organization promoting international exchange of education and training. It was established in 1919 and is based in the USA....
, is an annual census of international students in the U.S. and U.S. students abroad. EducationUSA funds this and other research on study abroad.
External links
- Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Gilman Scholarship
- Open Doors Report
See also
- Study abroadStudy abroadStudying abroad is the act of a student pursuing educational opportunities in a country other than one's own. This can include primary, secondary and post-secondary students...
- AFS Intercultural ProgramsAFS Intercultural ProgramsAFS Intercultural Programs was established in 1915 by A. Piatt Andrew, a onetime economics professor at Harvard University and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury...
- Student exchange programStudent exchange programA student exchange program generally could be defined as a program where students from secondary school or university choose to study abroad in partner institutions...
- International students
- ERASMUS programmeErasmus programmeThe Erasmus Programme , a.k.a. Erasmus Project is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987...
(European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
) - Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
- Fulbright Fellowship
- Harkness FellowshipHarkness FellowshipThe Harkness Fellowships are a programme run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. They were established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several countries to spend time studying in the United States...
- ITT International Fellowship ProgramITT International Fellowship ProgramThe ITT International Fellowship Program was a program of grants promoting international educational student exchanges, similar to the Fulbright Program, sponsored by the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation...
- Monbukagakusho ScholarshipMonbukagakusho Scholarshipis a prestigious scholarship offered by the Monbu-kagaku-shō.To date, some 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around the world have studied in Japan under the Japanese Government Scholarship program established in 1954...
- Goodwill ScholarshipsGoodwill ScholarshipsGoodwill Scholarships are college-level scholarships created and fully funded starting in 2003 by two private citizens in Prince William County, Virginia, to aid international students who study at the Northern Virginia Community College ....
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