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Office of Global Educational Programs

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The Office of Global Educational Programs plans, develops, administers and monitors several major exchange activities, including: the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, the Community College Initiative Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and several exchange and professional development programs for secondary school teachers and educators, with the assistance of private, non-profit organizations. The office also promotes U.S. higher education abroad through the EducationUSA network, supports research on academic exchange trends and offers professional development opportunities for educational advisers.

In addition to monitoring issues related to the flow of international students to the United States and of U.S. students to other countries, the Office of Global Educational Programs is also responsible for a variety of programs, products and services designed to strengthen the EducationUSA network of overseas educational advising centers and to facilitate their cooperation with U.S. colleges and universities.

The office is divided into three branches: the Humphrey Fellowships and Institutional Linkages Branch; the Teacher Exchange Branch; and the Educational Information and Resources Branch.

Programs:
  • Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
  • Community College Initiative Program 
  • Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching
  • Educational Seminars
  • EducationUSA
  • Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program 
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
  • Intensive Summer Language Institutes in China and Egypt
  • International Leaders in Education Program
  • Open Doors
  • Teachers of Critical Languages Program
  • Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program
PHOTOS
Distinguished Fulbright Award in Teaching participant, Jeff Blair, a Humanities teacher from Seattle, Washington teaches in Cape Town, South Africa.
Teaching in South Africa
Photo of Egyptian students meeting their American mentor family at an orientation event in Dallas, Texas
Community College Initiative Participants
Photo of Luz Esneda Murillo Quinto from Colombia and Delmi Carolina Jimenez from Honduras reading to a young student at Su Casa in Cincinnati, Ohio
Celebrate International Education Week
Photo of a performance from International Education Week at Indiana University Bloomington last year
International Education Week

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