THE UNITED States Embassy is pleased to announce that Dr. Nadine Scott, lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and Dr. Ethley London, executive director of the University Council of Jamaica, have been selected to participate in the Harvard University Fulbright Education Seminar, 'Quality and Equity in Education'.
The seminar will be held from March 14-18, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Scott and Dr. London were selected for their leadership in the Jamaican education sector.
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Attended by representatives of educational institutions, governments and non-government organisations (NGOs) from 15 countries, the seminar addresses the critical issues of policy making,
educational reform, quality and inequality, institutional change, and the role of the private sector.
The seminar is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State through the Fulbright Program, and it is coordinated by LASPAU, a non-profit organisation affiliated with Harvard University that designs, develops, and implements academic and professional exchange programmes.
The Fulbright Program is a well-respected international exchange programme sponsored by the United States Government. It was established in 1946 to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries. Since its inception, more than 250,000 participants from countries all over the world have been selected for their academic achievements and leadership potential to study and/or teach internationally.
