[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 69235-69236]
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Part VIII





The President





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Proclamation 7376--International Education Week, 2000
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                Proclamation 7376 of November 13, 2000

                
International Education Week, 2000

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today we live in a global community, where all 
                countries must work as partners to promote peace and 
                prosperity and to resolve international problems. One 
                of the surest ways to develop and strengthen such 
                partnerships is through international education 
                programs.

                These programs enable students to learn other 
                languages, experience other cultures, develop a broader 
                understanding of global issues, and make lasting 
                friendships with their peers in other countries who 
                will one day guide the political, cultural, and 
                economic development of their nations. Some of 
                America's staunchest friends abroad are those who have 
                experienced our country firsthand as exchange students 
                or who have been exposed to American values through 
                contact with American students and scholars studying 
                overseas.

                Since World War II, the Federal Government has worked 
                in partnership with colleges, universities, and other 
                educational organizations to sponsor programs that help 
                our citizens gain the international experience and 
                skills needed to meet the challenges of an increasingly 
                interdependent world. At the same time, American 
                educational institutions have developed study programs 
                that attract students from all over the world to 
                further their education in the United States.

                One of the largest and most renowned of these 
                international education initiatives is the Fulbright 
                Program, which was founded by Senator J. William 
                Fulbright more than half a century ago. Since its 
                inception, the program has provided nearly a quarter of 
                a million participants from the United States and 140 
                other nations--participants chosen for their academic 
                and professional qualifications and leadership 
                potential--with the opportunity to study and teach 
                abroad and to gain knowledge of global political, 
                economic, and cultural institutions. As Senator 
                Fulbright envisioned, this program has proved to be a 
                vital and positive force for peace and understanding 
                around the world.

                To build on this tradition of excellence in 
                international education, I signed a memorandum in April 
                of this year directing the heads of Executive 
                departments and agencies to work with educational 
                institutions, State and local governments, private 
                organizations, and the business community to develop a 
                coordinated national policy on international education. 
                We must reaffirm our national commitment to encouraging 
                students from other countries to study in the United 
                States, promote study abroad by U.S. students, and 
                support the exchange of teachers, scholars, and 
                citizens at all levels of society. By doing so, we can 
                expand our citizens' intellectual and cultural 
                horizons, strengthen America's economic 
                competitiveness, increase under standing between 
                nations and peoples, and, as Senator Fulbright so 
                eloquently stated, direct ``the enormous power of human 
                knowledge to the enrichment of our own lives and to the 
                shaping of a rational and civilized world order.''

                 NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution

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                and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim 
                November 13 through November 17, 2000, as International 
                Education Week. I urge all Americans to observe this 
                week with events and programs that celebrate the 
                benefits of international education to our citizens, 
                our economy, and the world.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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