IIE San Francisco to Host State Department Policy Briefing on U.S.-India Education Collaboration

IIE San Francisco will host an education policy briefing by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake on March 22 from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.  

Assistant Secretary Blake will speak about the increasingly important role that education collaboration plays in the U.S.-India relationship and will talk about some new initiatives including Obama-Singh, community college engagement and Passport to India. A discussion following his talk will address constraints to deepening U.S.-India education collaboration, strategies for expanding the numbers of U.S. students in India and potential new areas for future cooperation such as through massive open on-line courses (MOOCs). 

For more information, please contact Mary Karam McKey at mmckey@iie.org.