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From DC to Naypitaw – Capitals Compared
There are memorable things happening in Myanmar today and U.S. higher education institutions are most assuredly invited to help. In fact, what we build together could become the memory palaces of this country's future.
Building Partnerships in India
Developing academic partnerships with Indian institutions can often be a difficult process, rife with bureaucratic hurdles. But India is a place of great promise, and many people come away from the process with more inspiration than concerns.
Morning in Mandalay: Challenges Facing a New Myanmar
Dr. Goodman reflects on changes in Myanmar during an early morning run through Mandalay.
A Glimpse into Rebuilding Higher Education in Iraq
Since 2003, hundreds of Iraqi scholars have been killed, targeted specifically because they were academics. Thousands were threatened and forced to flee the country. IIE launched the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project in response to these threats against the intellectual capital of Iraq. It was a large-scale academic emergency and IIE-SRF met the challenge in a major way.
The Power of Network Analysis in Evaluation: It’s Not Just About Facebook!
Social network analysis (SNA) is a tool used in modern sociology to identify the links between individuals in various social systems. You can also use it in monitoring and evaluation in order to probe deeper into the power of the social network and how it can be used to measure program outcomes and impact.
Reconnecting Myanmar: Thoughts on Day 1 of IIE’s Myanmar Delegation
The International Academic Partnerships delegation to Myanmar had an unusual start. A faculty member from Northern Illinois University, Dr. Catherine Raymond, who curates the Burmese art collection there, was bringing back a Buddha sculpture created more than a thousand years ago.
A MOOC Article a Day: Three Themes To Watch
MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – have generated some interesting practical and philosophical questions in higher education. MOOCs have the capacity to reshape the higher education landscape in the 21st century and as a result, three major themes have emerged: onetizing MOOCs, Accreditation and Pedagogy for the 21st Century.
International Higher Education Protection Organizations Condemn Attack on Syrian University
The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, the Scholars at Risk Network, and the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund jointly denounce, in the strongest terms, the attack on the University of Aleppo on 15 January.