Last month, a team of six staff from the Civic Initiative (a business group of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute) were in Islamabad. They held a three-day follow-up conference for alumni from recent cohorts of the Study of the U.S. Institutes Comparative Public Policymaking program that has been held annually by the Civic Initiative since 2010. The SUSI program is funded by the US Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Office.
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AIPS Urdu-Course Wrap Up
Submitted Thursday, May 25th, 2023
Earlier this year, AIPS announced the launch of an online course: Introduction to Urdu language and Culture, which has now concluded its inaugural run. This is a 10-week asynchronous course, and students were asked to budget approximately 2 hours a week to work through the materials and resources provided in the Canvas course platform.
AIPS plans on holding another course in the Fall of 2023. No previous knowledge of Urdu is required, and participants can earn up to 2.0 CEU credits for completing the course. The course registration fee is $259. Interested faculty members at Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are eligible to receive full funding to participate in the course thanks to support from the AIPS’ Department of Education’s Title VI Overseas Research Centers funding.
More information will be shared across AIPS’s social media and website as information on future course offerings become available. Stay tuned!
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