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International

Interview: Joan Dassin, International Student Fellowship Program Leader

The Hechinger Report spoke with Ford Foundation’s Joan Dassin to get her thoughts on the foundation’s International Fellowships Program and what others can learn from the program.

July 20, 2011

International

International Education Conference Aims to Help K-12 Teachers Rethink College Preparation in Global Age

Organizers say a distinct purpose of the Asia Society: Partnership for Global Learning conference was to get K-12 educators better prepared to produce students who can exhibit the kind of global thinking that is desirable in higher education.

July 10, 2011

African-American

Perspectives: Think ‘Glocal’

Today’s students must mimic ancient scholars who traveled to centers of learning in distant regions to exchange ideas and encourage innovation.

June 19, 2011

African-American

Global Forum: International Education Today To Prepare the Leaders of Tomorrow

Universities can no longer afford to allow students to graduate without an understanding of the global community.

April 24, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Washburn University Pushing to Attract Students From India

Students from India are the latest target in Washburn University President Jerry Farley’s efforts to attract more international students to the school’s campus in Topeka.

April 4, 2011

Students

Educators Seek Out More Minorities to Study Abroad

Educators want more minority students to study abroad because the experience is seen as crucial to student development, yet minority participation badly lags their overall presence on college campuses.

February 22, 2011

Latinx

Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message

The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

January 31, 2011

International

CIA Chief Leon Panetta, Federal Officials Urge Scholars To Help Improve Foreign Language Learning in U.S.

To make the United States more globally competitive and secure from foreign attacks, the U.S. must radically transform the way it teaches foreign languages, federal officials told a gathering of foreign language educators at a University of Maryland foreign language summit.

December 8, 2010

Students

More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities

Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.

November 15, 2010

International

Middle Tennessee Universities Court Foreign Students

Universities in Middle Tennessee are working harder to attract first-year students from overseas setting enrollment goals, adding positions and hiring recruiting companies.

August 1, 2010

African-American

Association Creates Plan for ‘1890’ HBCUs To Meet Modern Challenges

Dr. Lorenzo Esters has spoken resolutely about the “bold, futuristic and intentional” plan launched last month for 18 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, but he could have easily been summing up his first year as the person tapped by the nation’s oldest higher education association to advance access and diversity among its member institutions.

July 12, 2010

Students

Best & Brightest: ‘I Had to Succeed’

No one would fault Jemima Pierre-Jacques if she decided to put off her studies this past spring semester at Prince George’s Community College. The native Haitian was mourning the loss of her father, Jude Pierre-Jacques, and eight other relatives in Port-au-Prince, casualties along with thousands of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti in January.

June 13, 2010