
The Language Flagship
The Language Flagship is a multiyear program designed to guide talented undergraduate students enrolled full-time at a Flagship college or university in any major(s) toward graduating with professional-level proficiency in a language critical to U.S. national security
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Building Strategic International Partnerships: The 18th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education
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This year’s Colloquium brought together representatives of more than 100 universities, including over 25 foreign institutions, that are currently training the next generation of global engineers, as well as NGO and government leaders to examine topics related to engineering education and preparing students for the engineering workforce.
Additional 100 Girls in Ethiopia Awarded the HER Scholarship
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IIE is excited to announce that an additional 100 girls were awarded IIE’s Higher Education Readiness (HER) scholarship. These 11th grade girls (fifty each from Fitawrari and Addis Ketema schools) should be proud of their accomplishments.
Letter From Philadelphia—Remarks at a Model UN Conference
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In my remarks at the opening of the 31st Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC) organized by University of Pennsylvania students, I spoke about a high school teacher of mine and a national debate competition and their profound impact on who I have become.
Negotiating Space in International Academic Partnerships: Lessons from South Africa
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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.
Coffee and Complicated History: The Realities of U.S.-Cuba Academic Partnerships
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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
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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.
Insights From the G7 International Higher Education Summit
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We had the opportunity to represent IIE and U.S. higher education at the G7 International Higher Education Summit last month in Tokyo. Through our roundtable dialogues, meetings, and presentations several key insights rose to the top as the current trends and challenges facing global academic mobility.
The Math Behind Partnerships: Finding Balance in Student Exchange
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Learn how one administrator addressed the exchange imbalance between and American university and its French exchange partner with a number of creative solutions.