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Helping NGOs to Collaborate, Share, and Innovate in Trinidad and Tobago
In 2010, the JB Fernandes Memorial Trust partnered with IIE to conduct a feasibility study on Trinidad & Tobago’s NGO sector and explore how the Trust could support the sector. Research findings concluded that, while many local nonprofit organizations are well-developed and thriving, the sector lacks appropriate national visibility and needs more training.
Top 10 Tips for Immersing Yourself in the Culture While Studying Abroad
In an op-ed in the New York Times about the world’s coolest places, columnist Nick Kristof writes that travel can also be an education, a step toward empathy and international understanding. At IIE, we couldn't agree more.
500 Days and Beyond in Education
Millennium Development Goals post-2015 development agenda higher education MOOCs Educational access
Join the Conversation: “What will it take to Double Study Abroad?”
This category of the IIE Blog comprises the entire IIE Green Paper, “What Will it Take to Double Study Abroad?” separated into a list of blog entries. We invite you to add to the discussion by commenting on one or more of the 11 Big Ideas.
What Young Girls Can Achieve With a Good Education
Zuriel Oduwole, a 12-year-old American girl of Nigerian and Mauritian descent, started the Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up program to inspire girls in Africa stay in school and get the best education they can.
What Entrepreneurship Educators Should Know: Lessons from the Price Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators
Price Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE) is one of the leading training programs for entrepreneurship educators. As a participant in SEE 34, I had the pleasure to collaborate, brainstorm, and learn from and with 59 other educators from 13 different countries.
Letter from Brasília—What 100,000 New Scholarships Mean for Brazilian and U.S. Students
Last month, the President of Brazil announced that the Federal Government would provide an additional 100,000 scholarships for Brazilian undergraduates to participate in the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, which enables them to study during their junior year in the United States and other countries.
Letter from Madrid: How did King Felipe VI Come to America?
Fulbright was much in the news in Madrid last week for winning Spain's equivalent of a Nobel Prize—the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.