Tag: international
Community Colleges Bring in $2.4 Billion a Year from International Students
The nearly 100,000 international students attending U.S. community colleges during the last academic year contributed $2.4 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more...
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Boost Study Abroad
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) have introduced the latest incarnation of the bipartisan Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act....
The International Benefits of Language Education
Michael Nugent, Martha “Marty” Abbott , Esther Brimmer, and Sanford J. Ungar discuss the importance of language education to the U.S. on the international...
US Leaves Education, Science, Culture Organization
Following in President Reagan’s footsteps, the Trump administration has announced the U.S. intention to withdraw from United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in...
Celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
Held annually on October 5 since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO...
Save Fulbright-Hays International Research/Training Funds
The draft FY2018 appropriations bill of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-H) would eliminate the Fulbright-Hays program...
International Students Steadily Interested in U.S.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has announced a new survey on international admissions, and the conclusions are more optimistic than some may have...
Easing Student Anxiety in an Uncertain Age
The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Mark Lazar reports on how U.S. campuses are responding to the needs and concerns of current and prospective students from the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.
To help campus leaders and admissions officers navigate these uncertain times, IIE’s Mark Lazar and a team of experts has put together a list of ten actions to encourage international students to come to the U.S. The list is not intended to be comprehensive, but it offers a platform from which to rebuild the confidence of concerned international students.
UN: Multilingual Education is ‘Absolutely Essential’
Learning languages is a promise of peace, innovation, and creativity, and will contribute to the achievement of global development goals, the head of the...
Canada Considers Immigration for International Students
Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum says his government will be looking at ways to make the immigration process easier for international students. "International students...
