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Institute for International Public Policy Project   Program: Institute for International Public Policy Award Number: P269A990002 Grant Period: 04/07/2000 - 04/06/2005 World Area: International Funding: 1999:   $707,862 2000:   $1,022,000 2001:   $1,022,000 2002:   $1,500,000 2003:   $1,639,275 Total:   $5,891,137 Institution: United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp. Project Director: Blair Alexander 8260 Willow Oaks Corportion Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22031 Tel: 703-205-7631 Email: blair.alexander@uncfsp.org   Abstract: A globalized public service with globally competent staff is needed for government to meet its new and pressing demands. Globalization is blurring the distinctions typically drawn between the public and private sectors and between foreign and domestic affairs. As a result, virtually every U.S. government agency now has a portfolio that is at least in part international in scope. This is significant because where there was already the need to diversify the ranks of American international professionals, the need is all the greater as agencies and organizations with traditionally domestic orientations are reshaped by globalization and national requirements post 9-11. The United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) responds directly to this challenge through the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP). The mission of IIPP under UNCFSP is to enhance U.S. national security and global competitiveness by promoting excellence, international service, and awareness among a broader, more representative cross-section of the American citizenry. The objectives IIPP will carry out in accomplishing this important goal are as follows: - Recruit at least 100 students from diverse backgrounds to participate in a comprehensive program of summer policy institutes, overseas study, intensive language training, internships, graduate study, career services and professional development, and training in cultural competencies; provide follow-on training and services to the 110 fellows that remain in the IIPP "pipeline". - Create partnerships across the international service sector and beyond, to provide a diverse array of internship and employment opportunities for IIPP fellows, and provide such partners with the diverse area, international, and foreign language talent they are in need of. - Enhance the capacity of minority institutions (MIs) to produce internationally aware and competitive citizens through a target program of resource development that includes demonstration projects, technical assistance, institutional grants, and peer mentoring. In an increasingly interdependent yet turbulent world of different languages, ethnic rivalries, cultural, religious, and racial strife, and new markets, America possesses a large overlooked competitive advantage in the diversity if its citizenry. Not just diversity as defined and limited by domestic political orthodoxies, but, rather, a broader conception of diversity as reflective of life experiences, perspective, and cultural competence. Such diversity necessarily encompasses racial and ethnic differences, but is not defined solely in those terms. While initial consideration of the issue might lead some to relegate the diversity imperative to the tactical level, questions of cultural competence take on undeniable strategic significance when considered in the context of attempts to win "hearts and minds" in regions of the world and among people that do not think well of American foreign policy or values. One need only to consider the tragic events of 9/11 to grasp what is at stake. There is strategic value as well in the symbolic messages conveyed through diversity. Since its founding at UNCF in 1994, the IIPP has sought to advance America's global leadership role by cultivating a larger, more diverse pool of well trained, language-proficient internationalists. That pool now contains approximately 200 fellows at varying points in their individualized programs, and will add, with a new grant award to UNCFSP, at least 100 more by the year 2009. The IIPP Fellowship will achieve the distinction of being the most comprehensive program of its kind pipelining underrepresented minorities into a wide array of work in the international arena, across the federal government and beyond. The fellowship program is complemented by institutional capacity building activities aimed at creating, expanding, and improving international education programs at select minority colleges and universities through innovative demonstration projects, technical assistance, and resource development grants. UNCFSP's capacity-building efforts provide otherwise limited or unavailable international education opportunities for students at resourced challenged institutions and contribute to building a more globally aware and competitive body of student citizens among minority populations. In addition to the training and capacity-building programs that form the core of IIPP, there are a number of special projects undertaken that leverage the resources and infrastructure UNCFSP has in place. Of special note is the extension of the pipeline downward to include K-12 students and upwards to benefit fellows moving into the early mid-career ranks.   Languages: Countries: Arabic Brazilian Portuguese Chinese Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Dinka Farsi, Eastern French German Guyanese Hindi Japanese Korean Portuguese Russian Tagalog Vietnamese Belgium Brazil Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Czech Republic Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador France Germany Ghana Guatemala Hungary India Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Mexico Morocco Namibia Panama Paraguay Poland Senegal South Africa Spain Switzerland Tanzania United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela Vietnam   Disciplines: Subjects: Business administration and management Communications Economics Education Engineering English Ethnic studies Finance Foreign languages and literature Global/international relations and studies International business International/area studies Journalism Law Literature Political science Public administration Public policy Women's studies Distance Learning Foreign Language Across the Curriculum Foreign Language Programs (Domestic) Foreign Language Programs (Overseas) Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Studies International Business Internships K-12 Opportunities Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Multidisciplinary Studies Outreach Overseas Opportunities Professional Development Professional School Linkages Research Self-Instructional Language Programs Summer Opportunities Surveys And Studies Undergraduate Education Undergraduate Fellowships Underrepresented Groups   Abstracts   2018 Paperwork Reduction Notice International and Foreign Language Education U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Building 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W. 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