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Added cost of studying abroad [The Badger Herald]
by Cassie Kornblau, The Badger Herald University of Wisconsin students are choosing to study abroad in record numbers despite the U.S. dollar weakening in comparison to foreign currencies. According to the most recent United States …
TUNE IN: UW International Students on WPR
Next week, four UW-Madison international students will appear on WPR’s “Here on Earth,” hosted by Jean Feraca. The students–from East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia–are the winners of an essay contest that …
Podcast of the Open Doors Briefing is Now Available
Courtesy of the Institute of International Education Newsletter: We invite you to view video clips of the Open Doors Briefing that IIE held on November 13 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, in …
Declining Dollar Has Colleges Scrambling to Cover Study-Abroad Costs
By KARIN FISCHER, The Chronicle of Higher Education As the dollar dips to all-time lows, study-abroad programs are feeling financial pressure, forcing colleges to cut costs, tap reserve funds, or increase charges to students. In …
Family, memories at core of anthropologist’s new book
by Jenny Price, UW-Madison Communications Kirin Narayan first decided to write a book about her family when she was 10 years old, a decision she made while growing up in Bombay, the child of an …
Canadian Educators Strive to Make Their Campuses More International
Making the college experience more international, forging stronger ties with India, and selling Canadian higher education overseas were among the hot topics at the annual conference of the Canadian Bureau for International Education, which wrapped …
Graduate Student International Field Research Awards
An Initiative of the Division of International Studies The Division of International Studies is pleased to announce a competition for graduate student international field research awards. These awards would enable Ph.D. students to conduct exploratory …
UW-Business News Wire: Global Talent
UW–Madison’s growing International Academic Internship program places students in businesses across the globe. By Masarah Van Eyck, UW–Madison Division of International Studies Featured on UW-Business News Wire Prairie du Chien native Megan Bender learned about …
The Wall Street Journal: American Brain Drain
From The Wall Street Journal, 11/30/2007 One myth dogging the immigration debate is that employers are fibbing (or grossly exaggerating) when they claim that hiring foreign professionals is unavoidable because U.S.-born Ph.D.s are hard to …