Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs First Committee Meeting February 14, 2006 The National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Room 204 Washington, DC
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
10:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
	Janet Norwood, Chair, Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs
10:55 a.m.	Sponsor Perspective
	Susan Beaudoin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Higher Education Programs, Department of Education
11:15 a.m.	Department of Education Study of Graduate Fellowship Programs Participants Lewis Kraus, Vice President, InfoUse
12:15 p.m.	Lunch in Room 213
12:45 p.m.	Program Administration and Monitoring at the Department of Education Ralph Hines, Director, International Education Programs Service (IEPS), Department of Education Karla Ver Bryck Block, Senior Program Specialist, IEPS
1:45 p.m.	Public Forum: Part I (8-9 Minutes per Speaker)
	William Brustein, Director, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, General Statement/Title VI and Fulbright-Hays		Written Submission
	Dan E. Davidson, President, American Councils for International Education and Professor of Russian, Bryn Mawr, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects and Seminars Abroad Programs		Written Submission
	Gilbert Merkx, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Center for International Studies, Duke University, Title VI NRC and FLAS, and Fulbright DDRA and FRA Programs		Written Submission
	David Wiley, Director, African Studies Center, Michigan State University, Title VI Research and Studies, and TICFIA Programs		Written Submission
	Catharine Keatley, Associate Director, The National Capital Language Resource Center, Title VI Language Resource Center Program		Written Submission Part I Part 2
	Uliana Gabara, Dean of International Education, University of Richmond, Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs		Written Submission
	Mary Ellen Lane, Executive Director, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Title VI American Overseas Research Centers		Written Submission
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Public Forum: Part II (8-9 Minutes per Speaker)
	Melissa H. Birch, Director, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Kansas, Title VI Centers for International Business Education and Research Program		Written Submission
	Kelly Jett Murphrey, Director, Center for Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, Center for International Business Studies, May Business School, Texas A&M University, Title VI Business and International Education Program		Written Submission
	Mark Chichester, Director, Institute for International Public Policy, The College Fund/UNCF, Title VI Institute for International Public Policy		Written Submission
	Vivien Stewart, Vice President, Education, Asia Society		Written Submission Part I Part II Part III
	Amy W. Newhall, Executive Director, Middle East Studies Association, University of Arizona		Written Submission
	Tony Stewart, Professor of South Asian Religions, North Carolina State University		Written Submission
	Ann Imlah Schneider, International Education Consultant		Written Submission
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
	Written submissions were also received from the following: J. David Edwards, Executive Director, JNCL-NCLIS, the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies perspectives on Title VI. Written Submission Donna Christian, President, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), CAL’s perspective on the International Research and Studies Program. Written Submission Stanley Kurtz, Fellow, Hudson Institute, six articles on Title VI: The Language Gap, by Lee Smith http://www.slate.com/id/2107625 Learning the Language, by Kenneth Whitehead http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/whitehead200401140823.asp Title VI: Turn on the Defogger, by Martin Kramer http://www.geocities.com/martinkramerorg/2004_03_17.htm Boycott Exposure, by Stanley Kurtz http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200404010914.asp Scholars Revive Boycott of U.S. Grants to Promote Language Training, by Anne Marie Borrego http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i49/49a02501.htm Who Will Defend the Defenders, by Stanley Kurtz http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200503310747.asp