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International

Higher Education Community Offers Policy-Makers Blueprint For Foreign Study

Higher Education Community Offers Policy-Makers Blueprint For Foreign StudyWASHINGTONThe American Council on Education (ACE) along with 33 other higher education organizations last month proposed a blueprint for the federal government and policy-makers to enhance U.S. policy on international education.The policy proposal, “Beyond September 11: A Comprehensive U.S. National Policy on International Education,” seeks to produce […]

International

Colleges Face New Visa Tracking Rules

Colleges Face New Visa Tracking RulesColleges and universities would have to adopt a new online tracking system for foreign students under a new U.S. Justice Department plan.By next January, the Justice Department wants all postsecondary institutions to use a new database — the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). The database will provide a […]

International

Off the Beaten Path

Off the Beaten PathStudying abroad in ‘nontraditional’ locations   Centers of learning have been among the most enduring institutions common to people.  Throughout the centuries, scholars have welcomed their colleagues from far-flung regions of the world. Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and North Africans all held libraries in high esteem and promoted the exchange of scholarly information. […]

Faculty & Staff

Adding International Flavor to your Résumé

Adding International Flavor to your RésuméBack in the 1980s, Anthony Pinder was trading futures for a living in Chicago. When the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the stock market, he decided the timing was right to do something he had thought about for years. He joined the Peace Corps. Pinder’s 2 ½ years in Ecuador changed […]

HBCUs

Going Global

Going Global: Traditionally, the percentage of African American students who studied abroad has been low; however, university officials are looking into ways to increase those numbers.By Linda Meggett BrownInternational study abroad programs aren’t new but they are beginning to take off at historically Black colleges and universities. The challenge for these institutions is to make such […]

Students

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONPerhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened interest. Many had feared collapse of study abroad programs as images of hijacked airplanes crashing into the World […]