Media Advisory

 

TO:                MCBC Members

                      FROM:           The College Board

RSVP:            Stacy Garrett, 202 667-0901

RE:                 Advanced Placement Program^® (AP^®) Chinese Language and Culture

                        Dec. 5, 2003

 

The College Board and the People’s Republic of China are working together to promote multiculturalism and multilingualism in secondary school education.  Together they will announce the development and implementation of a new Advanced Placement course and examination in Chinese Language and Culture.  This follows on the announcement last month by the College Board of a new AP Italian program.

 WHO:      Gov. Gaston Caperton, President of the College Board

                  Yang Jiechi, Ambassador of China to the United States

 

WHAT:     The College Board and the People’s Republic of China will announce the development of the new Advanced Placement Program (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Course and Examination. 

 

WHEN:     Friday, December 5, 2003

                  10:00 a.m. EST

 

WHERE:  U.S. Senate Dirksen Office Building, Room 628     

                  Washington, D.C.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:      

                  Chiara Coletti or Jennifer Topiel, The College Board: 212 713-8052

 

TO RSVP:     

                  Stacy Garrett: 202 667-0901