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By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education Discussions of access and ethics dominated as the Forum on Education Abroad convened its annual meeting here on Thursday. The conference, which ends today, drew some 700 participants from colleges, overseas-study providers, and foreign host institutions, a turnout that is unprecedented in the consortium’s six-year history. Also …
By Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed In many discussions about the international standing of American higher education, China is the 800-pound gorilla — the emerging scientific and technological superpower whose newfound focus on building a first-class postsecondary system poses a major threat to the national economic competitiveness and individual well being in the United States. …
By Brian Walsh, Time Magazine, April 4 2008 Featuring Jonathan Patz, UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies What do we talk about when we talk about global warming? It’ll get hotter, that’s a safe bet; polar ice caps will be melting, and wildlife that can’t adapt to warmer temperatures could be on the way out. …
Recognizing the importance of China to the economic and political future of Wisconsin and the United States, the Division of International Studies is introducing a UW–Madison China Initiative designed to promote global competence and to advance internationalization with respect to China. To celebrate the inauguration of the Initiative we present to you a month of …
Don’t miss the spring’s final two lectures Join Madison-area learners on Friday, April 4 and Friday, May 2 as we continue to look at the ever-increasing role played by global affairs in society. Starting with the environmental challenges facing the earth and finishing up with India’s growing power, these two programs are sure to spark …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wendy Christensen, Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, communication@international.wisc.edu, 608 262-5590 UW–Madison’s International Institute Faculty Book Series Features Human Rights Around the World Celebrating the contributions that UW–Madison faculty bring to the study of human rights, this semester’s book series offers diverse perspectives and voices to shed light on these complex …
EXTENDED DEADLINE April 7, 2008, 4:00 pm in 261 Bascom One more opportunity to apply! The Washington DC Semester in International Studies has been extended to April 7, 2008. The program offers qualified undergraduates the opportunity to intern in an agency, corporation, non-profit organization or embassy with an international affairs focus and to receive university …
From UW–Madison Communications For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film. This year, a record number …
by Diane Cole, U.S. News and World Report Posted March 26, 2008 Graduate schools are going global—that is, if they haven’t done so already. These days, not only do students from around the world come to the United States for grad school (numbers have rebounded since 9/11). American students themselves are increasingly searching out research …
On 11 March, William Brustein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Susan Jeffords (University of Washington), two experts on the internationalization of higher education, held a candid discussion at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (pictured to the right) about how communities and regions benefit from the global efforts of their public universities.Topics in this two hour-long …