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Mark Lazar

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Mark Lazar


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  • The GE Scholar-Leaders Program: 10 Years Young

    By: Mark Lazar on Thursday, October 18, 2012

    When you design a new program, you are optimistic but never know exactly how it will turn out. Will the program be as successful as envisioned? Will it meet its objectives?  So, it was with excitement that I watched the following video about the 10-year anniversary of the GE Foundation Scholar-Leaders Program in Central Europe.

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  • Building the New Libya through International Education

    By: Mark Lazar on Monday, August 27, 2012

    I’m well aware that beyond international education circles, the Institute of International Education is not exactly a household name. So you can imagine my surprise when, on my first trip to Libya in 2006 to explore restarting scholarship programs with the country, I met numerous people who were intimately familiar with IIE. I will never forget my first meeting at Libya’s National Oil Company, when a gentleman greeted me in near-flawless English. It turns out that he had studied in the United States in the 1970s on an IIE-administered scholarship program. Not only did he have fond memories of his studies and the university that hosted him, but he regaled us with stories of his arrival to the United States and the warm welcome he received from his IIE program officer, whose name he remembers to this day.

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Mark S. Lazar, Vice President for Global Scholarship and Learning Programs at the Institute of International Education, supervises the scholarship and training programs that the Institute administers on behalf of corporations, foundations, individuals, international organizations, and U.S. government agencies; and oversees IIE's global EducationUSA services. He is also Director of IIE's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

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