strengthening educational exchange programs

strengthening educational exchange programs Sec. 107. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) for over thirty years the United States program for the international exchange of teachers and scholars. begun by the Act of August 1, 1946 ( 60 Stat. 754; known as the. “Fulbright Act of 1946”), has contributed significantly to the free flow of knowledge and to greater understanding between the United States and other nations; (2) it is in the interest of the United States that this program be strengthened; and (3) a still stronger educational exchange program can be attained by— (A) diversifying exchange opportunities so as to assist persons from professional and public life to spend time in an academic setting and to assist teachers and scholars to spend time in professional and other pursuits in the public arena; (B) providing sharper focus to exchange activities by bringing selected grant recipients together for joint work on themes and problems identified as having current significance in international affairs; and (C) lengthening the period of some scholarships to allow work by grant recipients to be phased over more than one location. 91 STAT. 846 (b) Not later than January 1, 1978, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on measures the Department of State has taken to strengthen educational exchange activities in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.