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 U.S. Higher Education Delegation to Brazil and Chile


Photo of the U.S. higher education delegation to Brazil and Chile led by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Thomas Farrell, with eight U.S. college and university presidents and sponsored by the State Department at the Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, August 21. From left to right: Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis; Robin Gilchrist, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Lauren M. Maddox, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education; Sean O'Keefe, Chancellor, Louisiana State University; Susan Aldridge, President, University of Maryland - University College; Thomas Farrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs; Gregory L. Geoffroy, President, Iowa State University; Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education; James B.Milliken, President, University of Nebraska; Sarah Martinez Tucker, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; John Hennessy, President, Stanford University; Eduardo J. Pardon, President, Miami Dade College; and Henry T. Yang, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara.


The U.S. Higher Education Delegation to Brazil and Chile led by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Thomas Farrell, with eight U.S. college and university presidents at the Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, August 21. From left to right: Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis; Robin Gilchrist, Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Lauren M. Maddox, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, U.S. Department of Education; Sean O'Keefe, Chancellor, Louisiana State University; Susan Aldridge, President, University of Maryland - University College; Thomas Farrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs; Gregory L. Geoffroy, President, Iowa State University; Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education; James B.Milliken, President, University of Nebraska; Sarah Martinez Tucker, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; John Hennessy, President, Stanford University; Eduardo J. Pardon, President, Miami Dade College; and Henry T. Yang, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Barbara.

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Farrell are leading a high profile delegation of U.S. college and university presidents to Brazil and Chile, August 18-24, 2007. Through meetings with students and leaders in higher education, government, and business, the delegation will promote the quality, dynamism, and diversity of U.S. higher education as well as Americans’ desire to expand educational partnerships with Brazil and Chile. The delegation will carry the message that the U.S. welcomes and values international students who want to study in the United States.
 CHILE
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Photo of the U.S. Higher Education Delegation to Brazil and Chile led by Education Secretary Spellings met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley and Education Minister Yasna Provoste in Santiago, August 21.

The U.S. Higher Education Delegation to Brazil and Chile led by Education Secretary Spellings met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley and Education Minister Yasna Provoste in Santiago, August 21.

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 BRAZIL
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Photo of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings speaking with Luiz Loureiro, Executive Director of the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States of America and Brazil (Fulbright Commission in Brazil), and Fulvia Rosenberg of the Carlos Chagas Foundation, which partners with the Ford International Scholarship Program - Fulbright partnership for disadvantaged students.

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings speaks with Luiz Loureiro, Executive Director of the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States of America and Brazil (Fulbright Commission in Brazil), and Fulvia Rosenberg of the Carlos Chagas Foundation, which partners with the Ford International Scholarship Program - Fulbright partnership for disadvantaged students.

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   B A C K G R O U N D  I N F O

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Delegation Members
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Media Note
(August 8, 2007)
U.S. Government Officials and University and College Presidents Promote U.S. Higher Education in Chile and Brazil

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Media Note
(August 8, 2007)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley Rioseco at Signing Ceremony for U.S.-Chile Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program

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Media Note
(August 7, 2007)
United States and Chile to Sign New Scholarship Agreement
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U.S. Higher Education Delegation to India
(March 2007)
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U.S. Higher Education Delegation to Asia (November 2006)

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