高等教育和公共外交.pdf

Higher Education and Public Diplomacy Stephen C. Dunnett University at Buffalo, SUNY March 6, 2012 In my presentation I will speak about the role of U.S. institutions of higher education as active and indeed essential players in U.S. public diplomacy. I will illustrate my talk with some examples drawn from my own institution, the University at Buffalo, in particular and from the SUNY system in general. U.S. institutions of higher education have long played an important role in U.S. public diplomacy, and they are players in the following ways:  they welcome and educate international students and visiting scholars, nearly 725,000 in the 2011 academic year  they send their students and faculty overseas to study, or to teach or engage in international exchange and development  they participate in U.S. government overseas development assistance programs such as USAID and other foreign aid programs  they participate in U.S. government supported exchange programs such as Fulbright, by either receiving and partially supporting Fulbright scholars and Fulbright students on their campuses, or by encouraging their own students and faculty to participate in Fulbright exchange programs overseas  they engage in all sorts of collaborative activities with counterpart institutions abroad, whether it be traditional exchange agreements or by developing branch campuses overseas, or by engaging in dual and joint degree programs with overseas institutions of higher education, or by offering their degree programs overseas in v