IIE IMPACT Newsletter Fall 2024
Addressing Gender in the Workplace: IIE’s Newly Launched Global Community for Women’s Leadership
This just in: Recent census income data confirms the gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years.
To help close the gap, IIE launched its Global Community for Women’s Leadership to cultivate a network of talented women changemakers and provide access to resources that enable women to further their leadership internationally and in their home communities.
Learn more and get involved
Creating Hope for Over 700 Afghan Students, Scholars, and Artists
Last month marked three years since the Taliban entered the capital city of Kabul, Afghanistan, and swept back into power. 48 hours later, IIE launched our Afghanistan Crisis Response.
IIE is still taking action, providing urgent support to Afghans caught in the crossfire of social and economic unrest. Click below for the latest news on IIE’s Afghanistan Crisis Response.
Increasing Educational Opportunities for Displaced Persons
According to the UNHCR, only 7% of refugees globally have access to higher education. That’s why IIE created its Odyssey Scholarship, a comprehensive scholarship package for displaced individuals around the world.
With the number of displaced individuals heading steadily towards 200 million, IIE CEO Allan Goodman shares his vision to create a new incentive structure to recognize displaced persons among us as part of our common future.
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“The Earthquake Changed My Perspective”: Hasan’s Story
When a 7.4 magnitude earthquake destroyed Hasan Duha Ikiz’s family home in Malatya, Türkiye, he thought his educational journey in the U.S. was over. “I wasn’t thinking of myself, but I had to pay for school and had no money for that. I couldn’t ask my parents for money, because they had to help my family.”
Thanks to IIE’s Emergency Student Fund, Hasan was able to continue his studies in architecture at the University of Idaho, contributing to affordable housing projects and deepening his perspective on the importance of the built environment.
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“A Passport is a Ten-Year Gift”
Did you know IIE plans to provide 10,000 students with passports by the end of this decade, each year enabling at least 1,000 students who have received or are eligible to receive a Pell Grant to obtain their U.S. passport?
In honor of September being National Passport Month, Ashley Stipek, IIE Network and Program Manager, writes an Opening Minds Blog about the importance of meeting students where they are. “A passport—and the ability to travel the world—is for everyone.”
Why are passports worth celebrating?
IIE In the News
WHAT WE’RE READING
Access in International Education is a Custom Job
Fast Company | Courtney Temple | September 12, 2024
How the rise in global travel is bringing the world to US schools
The Seattle Times | Norbert Figueroa | August 26, 2024
Automatic green cards for overseas graduates of US HE is a bad idea
Times Higher Education | Allan Goodman | July 29, 2024
What’s ahead for the United States and international education?
Elsevier | Allan Goodman | June 11, 2024
WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO
A World of Refugees: Promoting Education for All
The Edge Podcast | Inclusion Series
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