IIE San Francisco will host an education policy briefing by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake on March 22 from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.  

Assistant Secretary Blake will speak about the increasingly important role that education collaboration plays in the U.S.-India relationship and will talk about some new initiatives including Obama-Singh, community college engagement and Passport to India. A discussion following his talk will address constraints to deepening U.S.-India education collaboration, strategies for expanding the numbers of U.S. students in India and potential new areas for future cooperation such as through massive open on-line courses (MOOCs). 

For more information, please contact Mary Karam McKey at mmckey@iie.org.