The ASDP is a joint effort of the East-West Center and the University of Hawai‘i “to educate educators--that is, to promote literacy on Asian cultures and contemporary issues, and to prepare American educators to bring Asia into the classroom,” states ASDP Co-Director Roger Ames.
Since it was initiated in 1990, some 1,500 professors and administrators from over 500 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Asia have participated in ASDP programs. These programs, which include residential summer institutes, workshops and field seminars in Asia, are “responsive to the global realities and higher education needs associated with increasingly deep and complex interdependence,” according to ASDP Coordinator Peter Hershock. “ASDP programs are committed to the ideal of not only learning about others, but also learning from and with them.”
For more information on the ASDP program, visit http://www.eastwestcenter.org/asdp
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The EAST-WEST CENTER is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. government, with additional support provided by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and the governments of the region.