U.S. Department of Education International Strategy
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education issued its first fully articulated internationalization strategy, Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement.
The strategy is designed to simultaneously advance two strategic goals: strengthening U.S. education and advancing our nation’s international priorities. The strategy reflects the value and necessity of the following:
- A world-class education for all students
- Global competencies for all students
- International benchmarking and applying lessons learned from other countries
- Education diplomacy and engagement with other countries
The strategy has three specific objectives:
- Increase the global competencies of all U.S. students, including those from traditionally disadvantaged groups
- Enhance federal, state and local education policy and practice applying lessons learned from other countries to drive excellence and innovation in the U.S. and abroad
- Advance U.S. international priorities in strategically important countries through active education diplomacy
The Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education administers a range of grant programs that can assist colleges and universities in moving toward these objectives.
International programs authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act
- American Overseas Research Centers
- Business and International Education
- Centers for International Business Education
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
- Institute for International Public Policy
- International Research and Studies
- Language Resource Centers
- National Resource Centers
- Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access
- Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program
Programs authorized under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (Fulbright-Hays Act)