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A Train Model: Building a Global Millennial Generation via Travel
Following their 10-day voyage across the United States while aboard the Millennial Trains Project’s (MTP) second cross-country journey, five Fulbright non-U.S. Students met with IIE’s President, Allan Goodman, U.S. Department of State staff, and IIE staff for a lunchtime storytelling session.
Helping NGOs to Collaborate, Share, and Innovate in Trinidad and Tobago
In 2010, the JB Fernandes Memorial Trust partnered with IIE to conduct a feasibility study on Trinidad & Tobago’s NGO sector and explore how the Trust could support the sector. Research findings concluded that, while many local nonprofit organizations are well-developed and thriving, the sector lacks appropriate national visibility and needs more training.
Mid-Year Reflection: Three Ways IIE Impacts the World
In the middle of June, when the team at the Institute’s Scholar Rescue Fund realized we were facing a third Iraq emergency—as well as requests for help from scholars in many other parts of the world—Senator Leahy of Vermont reminded us why we do this work.
Top 10 Tips for Immersing Yourself in the Culture While Studying Abroad
In an op-ed in the New York Times about the world’s coolest places, columnist Nick Kristof writes that travel can also be an education, a step toward empathy and international understanding. At IIE, we couldn't agree more.
500 Days and Beyond in Education
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Join the Conversation: “What will it take to Double Study Abroad?”
This category of the IIE Blog comprises the entire IIE Green Paper, “What Will it Take to Double Study Abroad?” separated into a list of blog entries. We invite you to add to the discussion by commenting on one or more of the 11 Big Ideas.
What Young Girls Can Achieve With a Good Education
Zuriel Oduwole, a 12-year-old American girl of Nigerian and Mauritian descent, started the Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up program to inspire girls in Africa stay in school and get the best education they can.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Higher Education: A View from Turkey
James King, Senior Research & Program Officer at IIE Scholar Rescue Fund, was in Reyhanlı in Turkey’s southernmost province to meet with Syrians whose university education and academic work had been interrupted indefinitely due to the conflict in their homeland.