1921
Designs and lobbies for a new student visa, as U.S. legislation begins to foreclose other channels of access for foreign students.

Sends out a questionnaire to U.S. academic institutions in a first attempt to standardize the assessment of incoming foreign students.

Helps 300 stranded Russian students obtain scholarships or employment.

1922
First IIE Reciprocal Student Exchange Program initiated between the U.S. and Czechoslovakia.

1923
Inaugurates an international exchange program between the U.S. and Great Britain, inviting debating teams from Oxford and Cambridge to visit American and Canadian colleges and universities.

1924
Steamship lines install Student Third Class passage as a result of IIE advocacy.

1927
Organizes a committee to supervise Junior Year Abroad scholarships and encourages the expansion of the Junior Year Abroad.

1929
Opens Latin American Division and, at the request of the Pan American Union, plans a U.S. tour for 22 Argentine scholars.

Administers more than 250 Fellowships for U.S. and foreign students worth almost a quarter of a million dollars. 

 
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