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Kicking off the HER Summer Leadership Train the Trainer Sessions
The HER scholarship recipients have been busy this past month with a summer full of English language and leadership development trainings. IIE was excited to get so much interest from local professionals to be trainers in the leadership development skill building sessions. In order to make sure that all the professionals were leading similar sessions and addressing all topics required, IIE held several “train the trainer” this past June at our Addis Ababa office.
Education Abroad: Moving Out of the Classroom and Into the Real World
More and more US students are seeking out short-term jobs, internships, and volunteer work overseas, and with good reason.Overseas employment and volunteering has big appeal. Working in another country gets students out of the classroom and into the community.
Find Your Passion, Find Your Impact
With more than 1850 women applying for 78 TechWomen spots, it’s clear we need to think how we can expand opportunities for women in technology around the world to meet, connect and inspire each other. That is a major priority for our Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives in the coming year.
Letter from the Gulf
Other countries are looking to a largely U.S. model. And that they are finding it more cost effective to build an American style university than send their students abroad. he question is who and what will fill the demand. For example, there are entire and growing Australian universities that do not actually have any campuses on the home continent. More international students are being educated by UK universities offshore than at home. And the American-based for-profit Laureate group now has more than a million students enrolled in two dozen countries.
Zen and the Art of Teaching in Iraq
Academics in Iraq are trying to build a real higher education system and adapt best practices from many cultures.
Nine Ways to Use Open Doors Data for International Enrollment Planning
At the recent EducationUSA Forum, IIE's Christine Farrugia participated in a panel about how higher education institutions can harness Open Doors® to inform their international student recruitment. Open Doors, an annual survey of international educational exchange in the US, produced by IIE with the support of the US State Department, offers valuable information for higher education institutions. The session provided useful insights into different ways to use Open Doors data in planning for international student enrollment.
The Perks of Parent Involvement in IIE’s HER Program
IIE held several family meetings that provided an opportunity for the parents and guardians to ask questions about the HER program.
Expanding Academic Cooperation with Indonesia by Launching a U.S. – Indonesia Higher Education Consortium
Greg Galford, an Associate Professor of Interior Architecture from Chatham University, had never really thought about Indonesia two years ago, but was set to travel there in April 2011 as more or less a tag-along faculty member. IIE had selected Chatham to join a cohort of six U.S. and six Indonesian colleges and universities that would dedicate two years to developing institutional partnerships and increasing U.S. study abroad to Indonesia. When at the last minute the senior administrator leading the effort was unable to travel with Greg, he found himself solely responsible for representing the university, anxious about what would be expected of him in Indonesia, and hyper concerned about making the short layover from Seoul to Bandung.