US Department of State, DC
08-09-07
U.S. Government Officials and University and College Presidents Promote U.S.
Higher Education in Chile and Brazil
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State Thomas Farrell will lead a delegation of U.S. college and
university presidents to Chile and Brazil, August 18-24.
Meeting with students and leaders in higher education, government, and
business, the delegation will promote the quality, dynamism, and diversity of U.S.
higher education, as well as the desire to expand educational partnerships in the
hemisphere. The delegation will carry the message that the U.S. welcomes and
values international students in the United States, and will highlight the
importance of international education to strengthening our ties and preparing
globally competitive American students.
This pairing of U.S. government and higher education leaders is the third in a
series of delegations growing out of a commitment to greater partnership in the
national interest made at the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International
Education co-hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings in January 2006.
The delegation traveling to Brazil and Chile will include Susan C. Aldridge,
President, University of Maryland-University College; Gregory Geoffroy,
President, Iowa State University; John Hennessy, President, Stanford
University; James B. Milliken, President, University of Nebraska; Sean O'Keefe,
Chancellor, Louisiana State University; Eduardo J. Padron, President, Miami
Dade College; Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis;
and Henry Yang, Chancellor, University of California-Santa Barbara.
For more information, please contact Darlene Kirk, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, at 202-203-5060 or kirkdx@state.gov.