Outreach Programs

The OIPS designs, conducts, and administers a number of public service programs. In conjunction with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Learning, the U.S. Department of State (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, ECA), the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), the Library of Congress-based Open World Leadership Center, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE), the American Councils for International Education (ACIE), and the Academy for Educational Development (AED), the OIPS provides an opportunity for the local community to interact with business people and education administrators from Eastern Europe and Central Asia as well as for local educators to travel and study in foreign countries.

Follow the links below to learn more about each program.

Teaching Excellence & Achievement Program (IREX)
Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders (AED)
Community Connections Program 2005 - present (USAID)
Community Connections Program 1997 - 2005 (U.S. State Department)
Teachers Training Teachers (ACIE)
Partners in Education Program (ACIE)
Open World Russian Leadership Program
Alabama Classroom Enhancement (ACHE)
Success Through Academic Research (ACHE)