University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Emeritus David M. Trubek has been appointed to the National Research Council Committee that is conducting a review of federally supported international education projects.

The study in which Trubek will participate will review the adequacy and effectiveness of the Title VI international education programs of the Higher Education Act as well as Fulbright-Hays international education programs administered through the U.S. Department of Education. Congress has identified eight key areas for the committee to address to evaluate the success of these programs in performing their statutory missions.

Trubek has served the UW-Madison in many capacities involving international education. He was Dean of International Studies from 1990 to 2001, and then served as the Director of WAGE (the Center on Wisconsin and the Global Economy) from 2001 to 2004.

In congratulating Trubek on the honor of being appointed to the National Research Council Committee, Professor Kathryn Hendley, Director of the UW-Madison Center on Russia, East Europe & Central Asia, pointed out the significance of the appointment to the future of international education both at the University of Wisconsin and throughout the country:

"The Title VI funds have been the lifeblood of our area studies programs at UW," Hendley said. "It is always scary when Congress starts debating whether these funds are needed. We know they are, but the benefits can be difficult to quantify. The fact that Professor Trubek has been selected to serve on the evaluation committee ensures that the politicians will hear about how valuable the Title VI programs have been for us. Under his leadership of the International Institute, UW had remarkable success in the competitions for these funds."

As Dean of International Studies at the UW-Madison, Trubek coordinated area and international studies and managed the UW International Institute. He directed the Office of International Studies and Programs, oversaw the UW's relations with foreign universities, managed study abroad programs, and was responsible for campus-wide strategic planning in international education. He was principal investigator of the Stanford-Wisconsin-Minnesota MacArthur Consortium in International Peace and Cooperation, and has written extensively on international and comparative law as well as other topics in legal studies.

In 2001, the French government awarded Trubek the honor of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques, in recognition of "devotion and accomplishment in teaching, scholarship and research."

For more information on the National Research Council Committee, see

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cfe/International_Education_Programs.html.

Submitted by on January 23, 2006

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