
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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IIE Addis Ababa Office Celebrates a Remarkable Milestone—100 HER Girls Awarded Scholarship
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The 100 girls successfully completed this past spring’s tutoring sessions, attended and did well in the summer enrichment activities including English language training and leadership and life skills development, and scored well enough on the Ethiopian National Exam to proceed directly to the 11th grade academic track.
And the Grammy goes to…a Teacher!
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The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation awarded Kent Knappenberger with the very first annual Music Educator Award.
Top 10 Reasons to Study Abroad
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IIE’s new book, A Student Guide to Study Abroad, was published by IIE in collaboration with the AIFS Foundation, and is packed with essential tips and information for students looking to study abroad. Next month, IIE will launch a major new initiative that seeks to significantly expand study abroad by the end of the decade.
Internationalizing Higher Education in Norway: A Conversation with the New Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
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Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, the new Minister of Education and Research in Norway, was in Washington for the annual Transatlantic Science Week organized by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, where he was interviewed by Daniel Obst of IIE. Obst spoke to the Minister about higher education internationalization in Norway, the priorities for academic collaboration with the United States, and the role of universities in supporting higher education in crisis and conflict zones.
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.
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.
K-12 Educators Play a Vital Role in “Mapping the World”
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IIE is a proud contributor to the recently-released interactive online mapping tool Mapping the Nation: Linking Local to Global, which pulls together demographic, economic and education indicators—nearly one million data points—to show that the United States is a truly global nation. A quick look at the diverse education data from Mapping the Nation confirms what educators and policy-makers have suspected for many years: U.S. students, at both the school and university level, must become globally competent to succeed in the 21st century.
5 Programs that Inspire Innovation and Entrepreneurship Around the World
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What if there was a global movement to inspire people everywhere to unleash their ideas and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey? That question sparked the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) five years ago. This week, as 138 countries celebrate, the Institute takes a look at what we have been doing to generate innovation and entrepreneurship around the globe