No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice: on Education


Condoleezza Rice: Encourage critical languages: Faris, Chinese, Arabic

I made a major push to encourage the study of critical languages. (Secy. of Defense] Don Rumsfeld, [CIA Director] George Tenet, [Education Dept.'s] Margaret Spellings, and I launched a "Critical Languages Initiative" to support the study of Farsi, Chinese, Arabic, and other "hard" languages. I reminded everyone that the National Defense Languages Act had done the same during the Cold War to increase the number of speakers of Russian.
Source: No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice, p.425 Nov 1, 2011

Condoleezza Rice: Spotlight the importance of foreign exchange student program

I felt that [the foreign exchange student program] shouldn't be a one-way street. Americans are notoriously monolingual and, frankly, a bit provincial. I've long been an advocate of study-abroad programs. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and I teamed up to spotlight the importance of student exchanges, holding the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education in 2006. One great strength of the American higher education system is its diversity, so we invited leaders from community colleges, liberal arts schools, and private and public research universities. Margaret would visit countries in South America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia with several university presidents to further emphasize the importance of the issue.
Source: No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice, p.658 Nov 1, 2011

  • The above quotations are from No Higher Honor
    A Memoir of My Years in Washington
    by Condoleezza Rice.
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