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News from Afghanistan: Higher Education Needs the Support of International Partners

By: Jim Miller III on Monday, March 11, 2013

A scholar from Afghanistan who is on the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) fellowship sent the Institute the following piece about education in his country. For the last 60 years, it has been a see-saw ride for higher education in Afghanistan. However, the data proves that the news is not all bad. In fact, educational opportunities have increased, especially for girls and women.

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A Glimpse into Rebuilding Higher Education in Iraq

By: Jim Miller III on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

IIE-SRF's most recent Iraq Scholar Rescue Project conference in Erbil, Iraq was, with 200 Iraqi scholars in attendance, our biggest academic conference to date. This is the ninth conference we've held in the region and the fourth on Iraqi soil.

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International Higher Education Protection Organizations Condemn Attack on Syrian University

By: Jim Miller III on Thursday, January 17, 2013

The crisis in Syria has created an academic emergency, with the break-down of higher education within the country and major obstacles facing Syrians who are studying or teaching outside of Syria. This week’s violent attacks on the University of Aleppo have underscored the need for urgent action to save the students and scholars who will be needed to rebuild their country. IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund has been helping scholars from Syria to enable them to continue their work at safe haven universities around the world. Today, we joined with the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) and the Scholars at Risk Network (SAR) to issue a joint statement condeming the attacks on the University of Aleppo.

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Jim Miller is the Executive Director of IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund. He is responsible for the over-all implementation of the Scholar Rescue Fund, including the Iraq Scholar Rescue Fund project. Jim oversees all of the operations management issues of the Fund and works closely with the Scholar Rescue Fund Board, the Board Chairman Mark Angelson, the SRF selection committees, and the senior leadership at the Institute of International Education, to implement the strategies developed by the leadership, and to uphold the mission and policies of SRF. He joined SRF in 2006 as the Director of SRF partnerships and was promoted to Executive Director in October 2007.

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News from Afghanistan: Higher Education Needs the Support of International Partners

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International Higher Education Protection Organizations Condemn Attack on Syrian University

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