
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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Rewriting the Script for International Advancement Through Collaboration
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Featured image by Kyah Hiers Indiana University (IU) is grateful to be receive IIE’s 2023 Heiskell Award for Models of International Education Financial Support in recognition of IU Global’s International Advancement Initiative. Comprehensive international advancement models require the active collaboration of multiple university offices, and we appreciate the senior administrators at IU who have supported […]
IIE Celebrates Qatar Scholarship for Afghans Project (QSAP) Host Institutions at NAFSA
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More Than 45 U.S. Colleges And Universities Have Opened Their Doors To 100 Afghan Refugee Students To Date; Half of the First Cohort are Women When the government in Kabul, Afghanistan, fell in August 2021, millions of Afghan people—including thousands of university students—found their lives suddenly in limbo. A year later, the Qatar Scholarship for Afghans Project (QSAP) was launched, […]
A New Era of Educational Exchange Between Europe and the United States
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An IIE Delegation Participated in the Academic Cooperation Association’s Strategic Summit in October Educational exchange between Europe and the United States has been a hallmark of higher education for years. Scenes of exchange students exploring ancient ruins and enjoying local cuisine are still part of the American imagination of the college experience. Likewise, European scholars […]
Remembering Renowned Syrian Writer and IIE-SRF Alumnus Khaled Khalifa
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Khaled Khalifa, an extraordinary novelist, poet, screenwriter, and human being who often wrote about the heartrending realities of living through Syria’s civil war. The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) was honored to support Khalifa during his year in residency at Harvard University in 2015-16. During the IIE-SRF fellowship, […]
The Long Game
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Making the case for increasing international student enrollment in United States higher education In 2005, two scientists, Dr. Drew Weissman and Dr. Katalin Karikó, published groundbreaking research about messenger RNA. It received little attention at the time, but more than fifteen years later, it led to the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. And this month, […]
International Educational Exchange: An Antidote to Rising Isolationism
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Exchange Alumni Are The World’s Best Ambassadors for Cross-Cultural Understanding In 2024, more than seventy elections will take place in countries that are home to 4.2 billion people—more than half the global population. Elections can have a wide range of political, social, and economic effects, leading to significant policy shifts that will shape our future. […]
Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month 2024
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IIE is proud to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month and pay tribute to the contributions and leadership of Jewish Americans to IIE, the field of international education, and the world. To commemorate Jewish Heritage Month this year, we took a look back at the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German (later Foreign) Scholars. In […]
World Refugee Day 2024
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Q&A with Leaders of IIE’s Crisis Response Initiatives On World Refugee Day, we pay tribute to the strength, resilience, and potential of those who have fled their homes in search of stability and safety from conflict, persecution, and climate impacts. In response to the global refugee crisis, we have issued more than 2,300 scholarships, fellowships, […]