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Study-abroad scholarship honors UW alumnus from Chicago

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Added cost of studying abroad [The Badger Herald]

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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 Study Abroad Survey from fall 2005 to summer 2006, 1,616 UW students earned academic credit toward their degree through study …

TUNE IN: UW International Students on WPR

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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 asked international students to describe their own and their country’s perception of the US, and how their personal perceptions have …

Podcast of the Open Doors Briefing is Now Available

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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 conjunction with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The briefing, which is held …

Declining Dollar Has Colleges Scrambling to Cover Study-Abroad Costs

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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 the last year alone, the dollar’s value has tumbled 5 percent against the pound, 7 percent against the yen, 10 …

Family, memories at core of anthropologist’s new book

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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 American mother and an Indian father. It was 1970, the year after her 16-year-old brother announced he was quitting school …

Canadian Educators Strive to Make Their Campuses More International

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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 up here last week. The conference, which attracted 500 academics from around the country, focused on study abroad, international-student recruitment, …

Graduate Student International Field Research Awards

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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 research abroad in order to develop their dissertation topics and be more competitive for extramural fellowships. A two-step application procedure …

UW-Business News Wire: Global Talent

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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 more than water distribution while serving as an intern with Abbott Fund in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last summer. The …

The Wall Street Journal: American Brain Drain

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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 come by. But a new report on doctorates from U.S. universities shows they’re telling the truth, and then some. Foreign-born …