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Call for Research Circles, Seminar Series, Strategic Speakers, and Development Funds For complete information on these opportunities, click here. The International Institute, with generous support from the Division of International Studies and Global Studies, announces a competition for new initiatives in International Studies. I. Research Circles The International Institute Research Circles join together groups of …
By JJ HERMES, The Chronicle of Higher Education Mustafa Khattab speaks excellent English for someone who grew up on a farm in Egypt and was the first in his family to attend college. That skill enabled him to teach Islamic studies in English at one of the world’s oldest universities, Al-Azhar, in Cairo. But the …
By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 13, 2007; A26 Diplomatic posts at the State Department and U.S. embassies worldwide will be cut by 10 percent next year because of heavy staffing demands in Iraq and Afghanistan, Director General Harry Thomas informed the foreign service yesterday. The decision to eliminate the positions reflects …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …