Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program provides a year of professional enrichment in the United States for experienced professionals from designated countries throughout the world.
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How IIE launched New Course in Myanmar with a Little Help From Count Basie and “Silicon Valley”
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Ultimately 55 individuals from 31 universities and one ministry came to participate in the day-long opening workshop for the Myanmar Higher Education Initiative. The Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy, Virginia Murray, and U Ba Shwe, Deputy Minister for Science and Technology, officially opened the course.
How to Modernize a Country’s Education System One Teacher at a Time
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IIE is honored to be one of ABF’s partners in its ambitious endeavor to provide cutting edge teacher training. For the second consecutive year, IIE administered the Education Leaders Training Program (ELTP), a customized three-week professional development and training program for a select group of 10-14 Bulgarian high school teachers.
Building Partnerships in India
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Developing academic partnerships with Indian institutions can often be a difficult process, rife with bureaucratic hurdles. But India is a place of great promise, and many people come away from the process with more inspiration than concerns.
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.