Cultural Exchange

Beyond Testing: A Lesson from Chinese Teachers

Michelle Shearer | Posted 11.08.2011

Michelle Shearer

My cultural exchange with Chinese teachers showed me that despite differences in our instructional approaches, we share many similarities.

Rising Above Conflict: Concert of Cultural Exchange in Kashmir

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 08.21.2011

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

Music and art and community development (not stones and guns and politics) will revive hope in Kashmir's future, which has suffocated under decades of conflict and exploitation from all sides and all parties.

Global Competency Through International Interaction and Education

Ed Gragert | Posted 06.19.2011

Ed Gragert

Very few of today's American youth are prepared to be tomorrow's global leaders. This potential crisis in U.S. global leadership capacity demands a dramatic, yet achievable goal.

Education Will Bring Societies Together -- We Can't Depend on Governmental Diplomacy Alone

David J. Skorton | Posted 06.08.2011

David J. Skorton

The availability of high-quality postsecondary education is significant beyond the personal benefit of a college degree: the problem-solving capacity of a modern college or university and its graduates is enormous.

Soft Power of Art: Lifelong Cultural Commitment Pays Diplomatic Dividends

Wendy W. Luers | Posted 05.25.2011

Wendy W. Luers

This spirit of cultural engagement would remain a powerful force throughout my life after I married William Luers, the US ambassador to Venezuela.

Growing China's Environmental Movement, One Person at a Time.

Xiu Min Li | Posted 05.25.2011

Xiu Min Li

Although China now has over 3,500 NGOs, most concentrate in big and high profile cities like Beijing and Yunnan. In backwater regions like Western China, the concept of NGOs is still foreign.

The Exchange Experience Changed My Life Forever

Imane Karroumi | Posted 05.25.2011

Imane Karroumi

I didn't believe the power of being in an exchange program until last year, when I participated in the U.S. Department of State's Youth Exchange and Study Program, or YES.