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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Say They’re Being Overlooked For Federal Funds

WASHINGTON, D.C. Delegates at the 12th Annual National Capitol Forum, organized by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, on Monday asked federal education officials why Hispanic-serving institutions were still being left out of National Science Foundation appropriations designated specifically for minority-serving institutions.

Degree Discrimination?

India’s three-year undergraduate degrees seem to provide a solid academic foundation – but there is no consensus among U.S. graduate schools as to whether these degrees are any more or less acceptable than Europe’s “Bologna process” degrees, which are also completed in three years.

Degree Discrimination?

Last fall, the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., hosted a workshop on the Bologna undergraduate degrees in Europe…

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For whatever reason — finances, fear, culture — the percentage of minorities who study abroad is relatively small…

Translating Disabilities in Foreign Countries

Students with disabilities have long felt that studying abroad was an impossible dream…

A Global Exchange

The wealth of educational opportunities in Africa has encouraged universities nationwide to establish partnerships with institutions on that continent…

Community Colleges

Visa Denials for African Students

Relatively speaking, African applicants seeking international student visas are denied visas…

Clarifying the Shifting Sands of International Law

Jenny Martinez is proof of the power of role modeling and mentoring. As an undergraduate at Yale University…

NAFSA Proposes Bipartisan Legislative Agenda on International Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. NAFSA: Association of International Educators on Wednesday issued an international education agenda for the 110th Congress, setting out a detailed legislative proposal to support and enhance U.S. global leadership, security and competitiveness.

Faculty & Staff

Just The Stats: A Closer Look At STEM Majors

What role does mentorship play in the number of international students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the United States? A reader from the Southeast posed that question to me, specifically asking about the correlation between the number of international professors and international students in the STEM fields.

Out of Africa

Of the top 20 countries of origin for international students studying in the United States…

Boosting Minority Ranks in the U.S. Foreign Service

Several years ago, while enrolled at Howard University, Dionandrea Shorts was well on her way to…

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