Securing America's Future
A Report of the Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad
- Too Many Americans Lack Crucial Global Skills in Post-September 11 World, Report Warns
- Blue-ribbon Panel Urges Dramatic Expansion of Study Abroad Participation
In a report released November 18, 2003 by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, a task force of national leaders in international education warns that Americans' lack of knowledge of the world represents a "national liability" in the war on terrorism. Securing America's Future: Global Education for a Global Age sets out concrete recommendations to federal and state governments, higher education institutions, and the private sector for addressing the problem, focusing specifically on the need to dramatically increase the participation of U.S. college students in study abroad opportunities.
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