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The Southern Regional Education Board started a resource development internship project (RDIP) to improve the relationship between higher education to programs of social and economic change by supporting and facilitating roles of universities and colleges in student internships. In the five years prior to this report, 355 interns completed RDIP projects. These projects were sponsored by the Economic Development Administration, Department of Labor, and others government agencies at the local, state, and regional levels. This report proposes solving the absence of comprehensive information pertaining to internship programs.

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) was organized in 1946 to train Foreign Service officers so that they will be able to carry out foreign policy more effectively. One of the recognized deficiencies in the Foreign Service, the insufficient knowledge of foreign languages, has received much attention at the FSI. Because of the accelerated language program, the language competency of the officers has increased very considerably. In addition, the testing for language ability is now formalized & all persons who come through the FSI are given an examination. Officers receive training at various times in their career. The structure of the FSI's training program is in the form of a pyramid: training is given at the base to all officers entering the Service; at the mid-point to about 33% of the mid-career officers; & at the top to a few senior officers. The success of the training program & the future of the FSI depend largely on the support of the various agencies of the gov, the President, the Congress, & the general public. Great strides have indeed been made in the training wing of the State Dept. Continued efforts by the FSI as well as greater external support will increase the professional capacity needed to carry out our foreign policy. AA.