Filipinas, September 1st, 2007
Twenty-six students traveled to Northern Illinois University to learn about conflict resolution and inter-ethnic dialogue.
In 1903, the United States colonial government of the Philippine archipelago began sending promising young Filipinos to America's most prestigious institutions of higher education. Many of the first pensionados came from elite families, handpicked to build the infrastructures of education, public works and government for their fellow Filipinos. They were sent to universities like Harvard and Cornell, to learn about and then apply American political and education systems i...
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