Obama Intends to Name Howard to National Security Education Program
Hampden-Sydney CollegePresident Barack Obama intends to nominate Dr. Christopher B. Howard as a
member of the National Security Education Board (NSEB). Dr. Howard
will continue to serve as President of Hampden-Sydney College.
The
13-member National Security Education Board (NSEB), including
representatives from seven Cabinet-level departments and six
Presidential Senate-confirmed appointments oversees the National Security Education Program.
Born out of post-mortem
analysis from Desert Storm, National Security Education Program (NSEP)
was designed to represent a post-Cold War investment in vital expertise
in languages and cultures critical to U.S. national security. The
purpose of the NSEP is to enhance the national security of the U.S. by
increasing our national capacity to deal effectively with foreign
cultures and languages. The five major objectives for the program:
1.
To provide the necessary resources, accountability, and flexibility to
meet the national security education needs of the United States,
especially as such needs change over time,
2.To increase the
quantity, diversity, and quality of the teaching and learning of
subjects in the fields of foreign languages, area studies, and other
international fields that are critical to the Nation's interests,
3.
To produce an increased pool of applicants for work in the departments
and agencies of the United States Government with national security
responsibilities,
4.To expand, in conjunction with other Federal
programs, the international experience, knowledge base, and perspectives
on which the United States citizenry, government employees, and leaders
rely, and
5. To permit the federal government to advocate the
cause of international education.
To read more, visit: http://www.hsc.edu/President/President-Stories/NESB.html.
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