
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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International Visitor Leadership Program Builds Bridges
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The International Visitor Leadership Program is a citizen diplomacy program that brings more than 5,000 participants to the United States every year for unique professional and cultural development. Participants in a recent program worked on infrastructure redevelopment.
Morning in Mandalay: Challenges Facing a New Myanmar
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Dr. Goodman reflects on changes in Myanmar during an early morning run through Mandalay.
A Glimpse into Rebuilding Higher Education in Iraq
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Since 2003, hundreds of Iraqi scholars have been killed, targeted specifically because they were academics. Thousands were threatened and forced to flee the country. IIE launched the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project in response to these threats against the intellectual capital of Iraq. It was a large-scale academic emergency and IIE-SRF met the challenge in a major way.
The Power of Network Analysis in Evaluation: It’s Not Just About Facebook!
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Social network analysis (SNA) is a tool used in modern sociology to identify the links between individuals in various social systems. You can also use it in monitoring and evaluation in order to probe deeper into the power of the social network and how it can be used to measure program outcomes and impact.
Reconnecting Myanmar: Thoughts on Day 1 of IIE’s Myanmar Delegation
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The International Academic Partnerships delegation to Myanmar had an unusual start. A faculty member from Northern Illinois University, Dr. Catherine Raymond, who curates the Burmese art collection there, was bringing back a Buddha sculpture created more than a thousand years ago.
Exploring Opportunities for Women in Information and Communication Technologies
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Leaders convened for the first international Working Forum on Women, Information and Communication Technologies and Development (WICTAD). The forum explored opportunities for increased collaboration to expand women’s and girls’ access to and opportunities in information and communication technologies.
A MOOC Article a Day: Three Themes To Watch
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MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – have generated some interesting practical and philosophical questions in higher education. MOOCs have the capacity to reshape the higher education landscape in the 21st century and as a result, three major themes have emerged: onetizing MOOCs, Accreditation and Pedagogy for the 21st Century.
International Higher Education Protection Organizations Condemn Attack on Syrian University
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The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, the Scholars at Risk Network, and the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund jointly denounce, in the strongest terms, the attack on the University of Aleppo on 15 January.