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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Nine Ways to Use Open Doors Data for International Enrollment Planning
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At the recent EducationUSA Forum, IIE’s Christine Farrugia participated in a panel about how higher education institutions can harness Open Doors® to inform their international student recruitment. Open Doors, an annual survey of international educational exchange in the US, produced by IIE with the support of the US State Department, offers valuable information for higher education institutions. The session provided useful insights into different ways to use Open Doors data in planning for international student enrollment.
The Perks of Parent Involvement in IIE’s HER Program
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IIE held several family meetings that provided an opportunity for the parents and guardians to ask questions about the HER program.
Letter from London: A Cautionary Tale
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The lead editorial in Saturday’s Times of London, titled The Best and the Brightest is about the UK’s own immigration debate. A few pages earlier, the paper covered the drama unfolding in the United States as Congress moves to pass an immigration reform bill before the July 4th recess. The London paper argues that In its drive to bring down immigration, the Government is sending the wrong signals to talented overseas students whom the country needs.
Expanding Academic Cooperation with Indonesia by Launching a U.S. – Indonesia Higher Education Consortium
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Greg Galford, an Associate Professor of Interior Architecture from Chatham University, had never really thought about Indonesia two years ago, but was set to travel there in April 2011 as more or less a tag-along faculty member. IIE had selected Chatham to join a cohort of six U.S. and six Indonesian colleges and universities that would dedicate two years to developing institutional partnerships and increasing U.S. study abroad to Indonesia. When at the last minute the senior administrator leading the effort was unable to travel with Greg, he found himself solely responsible for representing the university, anxious about what would be expected of him in Indonesia, and hyper concerned about making the short layover from Seoul to Bandung.
Women in the Global Economy: Authoring Chapters, Advancing Social Change
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Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change explores women’s participation in the economy and the key role women’s involvement plays in fueling economic growth through the creation of stable societies.
Re-envisioning Internationalization: International Education for What?
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The genesis of this question goes deeper and can be traced to the vast divide between two seemingly overlapping yet disparate fields: international education as those of us in the “exchange” or internationalization field know it, and international education as defined within the field of international development.
Pitt Community College’s Award-Winning Experience in Internationalization
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Pitt Community College in Greenville, North Carolina was one of the recipients of IIE’s Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education at IIE’s Best Practices Conference. Pitt was honored for its International Education Travel Scholarship, which provides full funding for participation in a Pitt Community College Abroad-sanctioned program and seeks to eliminate financial barriers for students and faculty recipients.
Introducing the Higher Education Readiness (HER) Program: A Path to University for Girls in Ethiopia
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IIE is piloting a program in Ethiopia to do just that. The Higher Education Readiness Program (HER) will provide 100 girls entering 11th grade in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, with scholarship support combined with innovative leadership and life skills training to help them complete their secondary education and equip the students with the tools they need to continue to university.