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Negotiating Space in International Academic Partnerships: Lessons from South Africa
With the increasing pace of internationalization of higher education, there are concerns that there may be negative aspects to internationalization as universities in developing countries import curricula, systems and quality assurance frameworks from the established world.
Show Me the Impact! IIE Report Provides Evidence that Higher Education Opportunities Lead to Social Change
Today we are releasing the first findings of our ten-year longitudinal study of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP). The report contributes to research and policy dialogue about the potential long-term impacts of an international fellowship program like IFP.
Coffee and Complicated History: The Realities of U.S.-Cuba Academic Partnerships
It’s impossible to create meaningful, lasting university partnerships without having a basic understanding of the historical and political context that surrounds the U.S.-Cuba relationship.
Preparing to Study in the USA: How American Football Inspired IIE’s Newest Book
This book gathers some of the most confusing things about our education system as well as the culture surrounding it, and then tries to explain it from the viewpoint of someone encountering it for the first time.
Redefining International Education Through Non-Credit Education Abroad
Students are re-defining what it means to study abroad. Through IIE’s Open Doors® report, we know that more than 22,000 American students participated in non-credit work, internship, and volunteer abroad (WIVA) activities in 2013/14.
Letter from London: The “Brexit” and Academic Mobility
As special as the US-UK relationship is, I learned that in some quarters there are very special things happening at the forefront of science, medicine, and teaching that makes Europe special too.
Teach One, Reach All: The Multiplier Impact of Educating Girls and Women
Despite overall progress at the global level, persistent education gaps and challenges remain in many developing countries. As you read this, there are still 62 million girls out of school globally.
The View from Down Under: Reflections on the APAIE Conference in Melbourne
This year's APAIE Conference was the biggest ever, and although Australia was a long way even for some of us in the rest of Asia, universities, NGOs and international education experts from across the globe gathered to find common cause and mull over the issues facing our sector.