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Send an LGBTQ Student Abroad through "Rainbow Giving Day" via The Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) & the NAFSA Rainbow SIG - Join the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) on November 3rd "National Giving Day" in supporting the NAFSA Rainbow SIG Scholarship in providing a scholarshi...
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A New Culture Club – Through Books - The Melibee Book Club launches in 2014 and Lindsay Manzella tells us why she is excited about our first two books...56 minutes ago
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Sowing the Internationalization Seeds in High School - I had a great conversation with a university student from Canada who was studying in Cuba for the fall semester and she mentioned some of the innovative ...7 hours ago
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‘Tis the Season for Giving - Five years ago, we founded Farther Foundation with some anecdotal evidence and a gut instinct that experience is the best educator – particularly for stude...8 hours ago
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Schools set to boom with Dubai’s World Expo win - Authorities in Dubai expect the 2020 World Expo to bring in US$23 billion and to fuel growth across many sectors including education as it becomes the firs...11 hours ago
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1M Teacher Training Program to Bring Computer Cod - 1M Teacher Training Program to Bring Computer Coding to NYC High Schools: dnainfo.com/new york/2013113 hours ago
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Creating a New World: Fallen Kingdoms - ShareThis Lately I've been playing some* RPGs*, or *role playing games*. The most popular RPG—and probably my favorite—is called *Dungeons and Dragons*. On...13 hours ago
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Remembering Nelson Mandela - Over fifty years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower founded People to People International with the idea of helping to create peace through international und...14 hours ago
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The Great Authorship Debate - Since the advent of Google+ Authorship, content specialists have struggled to understand exactly what it is and how it can impact their blogs, websites a...16 hours ago
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Semester at Sea Returns to Havana - 'Floating university' docks in Cuba for first time in nine years By Mary Murray, Producer, NBC News A cruise ship sailed into Havana harbor this morning with...1 day ago
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What You Need to Know About Studying Aviation in the US - Studying aviation is a technical pursuit. There are many different terms and structures to the air transportation business in the U.S. which could affect...1 day ago
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Postcard: Fiji exudes beauty in nature - From beautiful sunsets and sunrises to the ocean’s blue hues and rolling waves, Fiji provides some breathtaking views. So while the U.S. experiences record...2 days ago
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Study Engineering in Australia - *Engineering Courses. *The requirement for a Professional Engineer is a four year Bachelor of Engineering course available at most major universities in Au...2 days ago
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Africa Excels in Latest THE Rankings, China Performs Poorly - It is unlikely that you will see a headline like this in the mainstream media. Experts and analysts have focused almost exclusively on the number of univer...3 days ago
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International student mobility is driven by destination country income, not university rankings - Increasing mobility of international students is a known trend. However, determinants of mobility differ by source and destination countries resulting in d...
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Balkan Beat Box Concert in Chicago: A Masa Alumna's Review - December 06, 2013 Back to blog *by Rachel Gutman, Masa Israel Corps alumna* It wasn't until I lived in Israel as a Masa Israel Journey participant t...4 days ago
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Partnership Models in Higher Education – OC&C Perspectives - Earlier this year, OC&C Strategy Consultants interviewed c.125 higher education institutions (“HEIs”) in the US to evaluate different partnership models in...4 days ago
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Weather Closure – Friday, December 6 - UPDATE: Transcript Research in located in Dallas, Texas, where we are experiencing a winter storm that has shut down much of the city. Our region is not ac...5 days ago
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The Personal Perks of Studying Abroad - Todays post comes from Maria Torstad. Maria is from Norway, and is in Washington DC for one semester abroad. In this post, she shares her thoughts on what ...5 days ago
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Martin Heidegger’s Influence On “Riders On The Storm” - December 5th, 2013 Heidegger’s Concept: “Geworfenheit” (“Thrown-ness”) The song is a 60′s classic: “Riders On The Storm”. We’ve heard it a thousand times. ...5 days ago
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Young, Global, Active – Happy International Volunteer Day - December 5 is the International Volunteer Day - a chance for organizations and individuals to promote their volunteer contributions to development at local...5 days ago
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K-12 Educators Play a Vital Role in "Mapping the World" - IIE is a proud contributor to the recently-released interactive online mapping tool “Mapping the Nation: Linking Local to Global,” which pulls together d...6 days ago
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Un canvas para mejorar el trabajo de las oficinas de relaciones internacionales en las universidades - En mi anterior entrada abordé algunas razones por las que pienso que resulta necesario y urgente refundar las oficinas de relaciones internacionales en las...1 week ago
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“In Return to Vietnam, Vets Tackle Mess They Left Behind” - Some excerpts from this 2 December 2013 Newsweek magazine article written by Jeff Stein: It’s not easy to find a turkey dinner in Hanoi, but a handful of A...1 week ago
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New Data Revealed about International Students - The United States continues to attract international students as the new IIE Open Doors report reveals positive trends for international education. IDP h...1 week ago
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Congratulations Aziz! - We are pleased to announce that Abdulaziz Beshir recently passed exacting examinations which now qualify him as an IT Technician/Cisco Certified Network As...1 week ago
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International Education Snapshot released - Canterbury’s international education industry is showing strong early signs of recovery with a 6 per cent increase in students according to latest data. Th...2 weeks ago
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Can Jeh Johnson Enlist DHS in the Quest for Peace? - President Obama’s nomination of Jeh Johnson to be the next secretary of homeland security gives hope to international educators who practice the profession...2 weeks ago
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No better time to look at BRICS universities - Since Jim O’Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, coined the acronym “BRIC” in 2001 to describe four of the world’s fastest growing economies (na...2 weeks ago
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News Flash: New Economy Will Not Embrace Entitlement - The title of this post is a paraphrase of a quote by Phil Gardner, director of the Michigan State Collegiate Employment Research Institute, in a piece in t...2 weeks ago
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Beijing Balks, Tokyo Talks - AP Photo: David Guttenfelder With the official death toll from Typhoon Haiyan topping 4,000 on Wednesday, nations from around the world are ramping up thei...2 weeks ago
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In support of GoAbroad.com Philippines! - After Super Typhoon Haiyan: How to Make a Difference2 weeks ago
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Students Abroad Need to Know Why the World Still Loves John F Kennedy - Even for those of us who were very young the Kennedy Assassination was a milestone in our lives. People who were seven or eight years old in 1963 can answe...
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November 2013 – New AIEA Resource on Provosts’ Perspectives - Hard to believe that the fall semester is nearing a close. We hope that the resources on this site have helped to inform your internationalization initiati...2 weeks ago
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Mapping Coursera’s Global Footprint - Over the last year I’ve been stuck by how most debates about MOOCs, and MOOC platform providers, are remarkably national in orientation. In the US, for exa...3 weeks ago
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Venice – find your gondolier surrounded by beauty - The picturesque lagoon city of Venice, situated on an archipelago of 118 small islands in northeastern Italy, has long been one of the most popular tourist...3 weeks ago
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Managing “negative” information in your graduate school application - We all have them. Those unflattering points in our academic path, and subsequently – in our application package: grades (GPA) that aren’t as high as we wis...
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Remembering My Friend James A. Emanuel - “For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words in cadence, each beckoned and shine...3 weeks ago
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美사립대 ‘신입생 가뭄’ 아우성 (Dong-A.com) - http://news.donga.com/View?gid=58831665&date=20131112 미국 뉴욕 주 버펄로 시에 있는 4년제 사립대인 보나벤처대와 힐버트칼리지는 이달 초 합병을 추진한다고 발표했다. 지난해 힐버트칼리지의 입학생이 2010년에 비해 무려 27%나 줄어든...4 weeks ago
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A.C.E. Celebrates 40 Years of Making the World Your Community! - Happy Birthday A.C.E.! It has been an exciting 40 years of Making the World Your Community by creating new connections, facilitating learning, and building...4 weeks ago
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Explaining the Poppy - This morning on the way to campus, a couple of international students stopped me to ask about my poppy. "Excuse me, but could you tell me about this flower...4 weeks ago
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Accreditation: ally or obstacle as higher education wrestles with change? - Goldie Blumenstyk recently published a very nice description of the accreditation issues that led to the shut down of the generally acclaimed for-profit/nonp...1 month ago
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Patton’s March - Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe, writing from Evanston, Illinois in the US. On 29 March – coincidentally my birthday and the day General George Patton took Frankfur...2 months ago
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Experiencing Difficulties with viewing Arabic Content? - If you are experiencing difficulties viewing Arabic content using Internet Explorer 10.0 or higher this likely due to an internal browsing error. To fix ...3 months ago
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Health, Safety and Security: The Professionalizing of Study Abroad - by Bill Frederick Traditionally, the majority of study abroad programs were conducted in High Income Countries (HIC – a World Bank designation) where stude...3 months ago
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On hiatus - As anyone who was a regular reader of this blog will know, I haven’t written a post in quite some time. A few life changes happened (all good) and I’ve ju...3 months ago
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Diversity Abroad Welcomes Three New Interns for 2013-2014 - Each year, Diversity Abroad hires several qualified interns for a year long experience working with a unique international education company. We are excite...4 months ago
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Living with a Host Family - Kellie is an Abroad101 Global Ambassador, who spent the spring of 2013 studying abroad in Paris, France with AIFS. In this post she tells us why you shoul...4 months ago
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Is International Education a Discipline? - This is not a new question. IE leaders have been asking this over the years and found no good answer. In the preface to the SAGE Handbook of International...6 months ago
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LL.M. National Leadership Positions - Author Elected - U.S. - In January 2013, Professor George E. Edwards was elected to three graduate and international legal education leadership positions within the *Association...10 months ago
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A second edition is in the works! - Has it really been almost three years since I last posted in this space? It’s amazing how real life can get in the way of even the best intentions. I’m res...10 months ago
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Office Situation Update/2012 Holiday Schedule - I am pleased to announce that our office is fully operational again. Regarding our holiday schedule: Please note that Global Current will be closed from Mo...1 year ago
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Exploring SKY, LIGHT, PEACE and DUSK in Kyoto - I’ve been in Kyoto, Japan for about two weeks now. This place is magical! Little did I know that autumn is one of the most beautiful times of year, with th...1 year ago
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102. Not every issue needs a battle - Like many people living in the USA right now, I can’t wait for the election season to end because at least the volume of political battles decreases. But t...1 year ago
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Reflections on Living Routes in Auroville - Has it really been 20 years? My relationship with Auroville began in 1992, during a wonderful year at Findhorn in Scotland with my wife, Monique Gauthier....1 year ago
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Converting Secondary Grades from India - Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article that appeared in the October 2011 issue of WENR. The article has been updated to include sample sec...1 year ago
