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National Security Education Program
(NSEP) Graduate International Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students
to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an important
international dimension to their education. Created by congress to
address the need to increase the ability of U.S. citizens to communicate
and compete globally, NSEP embodies a recognition that the scope of
national security has expanded to include not only the traditional
concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but the new
challenges of a global society, including: sustainable development,
environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth
and migration, and economic competitiveness. NSEP Fellowships are intended
to provide support through overseas study and limited domestic tuition to
students who will pursue the study of languages, cultures, and world
regions deemed critical to U.S. national security. Excluded explicitly is
study of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Fellowships
are awarded in a broad range of academic and professional disciplines
including business, economics, history, international affairs, law,
applied sciences and engineering, health and biomedical sciences,
political science, and other social sciences. Award recipients incur a
requirement to work for an agency or office of the federal government
involved in national security affairs or in the field of U.S. higher
education in an area of study for which the Fellowship was awarded, in
that order of precedence. Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be U.S.
citizens, enrolled in or applying to graduate programs in accredited U.S.
colleges or universities located within the United States. All
applications must include study of a modern language other then English. To Apply: Guidelines an application forms
for the NSEP Graduate International Fellowships may be obtained from our
website at http://www.aed.org/nsep. Applications may also be
obtained by calling AED at 800-498-9360 or 202-844-8285, or
through e-mail at nsep@aed.org. Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by January 16,
2001. No faxed submissions accepted; late applications will not be
reviewed. P.P.
Karan and
Cotton Mather. Leaders in American Geography. Vol. II:
Geographic Research. Mesilla: The Geographical Society, 2000. For the first time ever, this
book provides biographies of 51 American geographers who were identified
as leaders in research through questionnaire survey. The biographies
provided vivid insights into individuals responsible for development of
American geography during the last 100 years. Employing a wide range of
sources and interviews, the authors describe special events or
individuals which led each of these scholars to become leaders in
geographic research. Their biographies provide insight on the complex
connection among individual scholar, institutional intellectual setting,
and vigorous academic discourse in the making of research leaders. The book permits the reader to
see direct actors in American geography, scholars who took an active role
in the development of the discipline in the 20th century and have
exercised considerable intellectual influence in the field. These leaders
constitute American men and women of wide cosmopolitan culture and
experience, greatly concerned with the study of place, space, culture,
people, landscapes, economy and society of their time. Their thoughtful,
provocative and engaging biographies should substantially enrich
discussions on the intellectual heritage of American geographic thought
that is critical to the vitality of the research enterprise. Each biography offers new and
fascinating information, that is stimulating and suggestive, and provides
insight into the history of geography. A substantial introduction by the
authors discusses the evolution of research in American geography and how
the 51 leaders shaped the course of geographic research in the United
States. It is an elegant assembly of scholars who capture the past and
present of American geography. Impeccably researched and clearly written,
the book is informative and fascinating. This is an important reference
work and should find a place in most university and college libraries.
Graduate courses on the history of geographic thought may use the book as
a required reading. BOOK BY AGSG MEMBER National Security Education
Program Graduate International
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