UMBC Depart. of Educ. featured in Stevens Initiative Report
2020 Survey of the Virtual Exchange Field
We are excited to be featured in the Stevens Initiative’s new report, the 2020 Survey of the Virtual
Exchange Field. The Stevens Initiative gathered responses from virtual exchange implementers around
the world, resulting in data capturing 349 virtual exchange programs that connected 221,333 young
people from fall 2019 through summer 2020.
You can read and download the report here.
The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to build global competence and career readiness skills for
young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the
field of virtual exchange. Created in 2015 as a lasting tribute to Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, the
Initiative is committed to helping to expand the virtual exchange field through three pillars of work:
investing in promising programs, sharing knowledge and resources, and advocating for virtual exchange
adoption. The Stevens Initiative has awarded 60 grants and, by summer 2022, will expand its reach to
over 43,000 young people in 16 MENA countries and the Palestinian Territories, and in 46 U.S. states,
Puerto Rico, one tribal community, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C.
The Stevens Initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, with funding provided by the U.S.
Government, and is administered by the Aspen Institute. It is also supported by the Bezos Family
Foundation and the governments of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates
Posted: December 8, 2020, 11:41 AM