WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight will hold a joint hearing with the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor to unveil a new program to enroll 7,500 students from developing countries in American colleges and universities

At the hearing experts on American higher education will comment on the proposed “Uniting Students in America (USA)” scholarship program, which is being released by Chairman Delahunt and Chairman Don Payne of the Africa Subcommittee. 

The USA proposal comes in the wake of a report released last week by Delahunt’s subcommittee, “The Decline in America’s Reputation: Why?”  That report documented both the decline in favorability toward the United States since the invasion of Iraq, and the potential for international student contacts to help reverse the decline.

WHO:  House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight

WHERE:  Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

DATE:      Thursday June 19, 2008

TIME:      9:30 AM

SUBJECT:  “Restoring America's Leadership through Scholarship for Undergraduates from Developing Countries- The Uniting Students in America (USA) Program”

WITNESSES:

Mr. George Scott

Director

Education, Workforce, and Income Security Team

Government Accountability Office

 

Philip O. Geier, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Davis United World College Scholars Program

 

William B. DeLauder, Ph.D.

President Emeritus

Delaware State College

Counselor to the President

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

 

Mr. Philip O. Clay

Director

International Admissions and Services

University of Texas - Pan American                      

 

Ms. Rachel C. Ochako

Scholar

Davis United World College Scholars Program

Middlebury College

 

Mr. David S. North

Fellow

Center for Immigration Studies

 

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