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Marisa Lally; Shadman Islem – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023
The Fulbright Program is the United States' flagship educational exchange program. Since 1946, the program has been heralded as a program that promotes mutual understanding across cultures. However, the Fulbright Program's role as a U.S. Department of State initiative warrants further examination of how this educational exchange program functions…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, International Educational Exchange, Higher Education, Foreign Policy
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LeCompte, Karon Nicol; Scott, Lakia M.; Blevins, Brooke – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study presents a unique educational partnership combining the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Program with a concentrated iteration of civic education via iEngage Action Civics in order to provide an opportunity for a localized curriculum that featured specificity to the urban community demographic. Participants were asked to…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Citizenship Education, Advocacy, Community Problems
Open Society Justice Initiative, 2016
Since the London bombings of July 7, 2005, the threat of terrorist violence in the United Kingdom has not abated. In the face of increased public fears about homegrown terrorism, the UK government has responded with a counter-extremism strategy known as Prevent. From its inception in 2003, the scope of the Prevent strategy has repeatedly been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Terrorism, Violence
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Hayward, Maria; U-Mackey, Alice – Intercultural Education, 2013
Migrants and refugees settling permanently in a new country face significant social, linguistic and cultural challenges. However, they also bring intercultural strengths and skills which, if acknowledged and enhanced, can support successful settlement and inclusion in a pluralistic society. This paper describes the underpinning rationale and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement, Foreign Countries
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). "Doorways I: Student Training Manual on School-Related Gender-Based Violence…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Efficacy, Definitions, Prevention
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). Doorways II was designed for community counselors to prevent and respond to…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Personality Traits, Self Efficacy, Definitions
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). This booklet, "Doorways II: Community Counselor Reference Materials on…
Descriptors: Referral, Sexual Abuse, Interpersonal Relationship, Counselor Training
Days, Drew S., III – 1979
Title VI was designed to put an end to Federal support of discrimination and to assure blacks the right of access to Federally assisted programs. However, the Federal government has not established sufficiently rigorous compliance and enforcement mechanisms to ensure that its programs do not contribute to racial discrimination. In order to enforce…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Economic Opportunities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
US Agency for International Development, 2009
The Doorways training program was designed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Safe Schools Program (Safe Schools) to enable teachers, community members and students to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). Teachers can play a central role in violence prevention, and they can also help…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Faculty Development, Reference Materials
Australian Inst. of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne (Australia). – 1982
This booklet summarizes the findings and recommendations of an evaluation of the Australian government's programs and services for migrants. Rollowing a description of the organization of the full report, three opening chapters provide, respectively, (1) a broad overview of the evaluation; (2) a discussion of its approach and methodology; and (3)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Rights, Coordination, Cultural Pluralism
Australian Inst. of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne (Australia). – 1982
This book assesses the effectiveness of recommendations implemented after the release of the Australian government's "Report of the Review of Post-Arrival Programs and Services for Migrants" in 1977. In general, the implementation of the Report's proposals has been of substantial benefit to migrants (both newly arrived and longer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Rights, Coordination, Cultural Pluralism