Partners & Affiliates
Global Partner Profiles Archive
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Learn more about each of NAFSA's valuable partners through the new Global Partner Profiles that will rotate on a monthly basis.
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Global Advisers
American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) www.aifs.com
Founded in 1964, the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) is one of the oldest, largest and most respected cultural exchange organizations in the world. AIFS organizes cultural exchange programs throughout the world for more than 50,000 students each year. AIFS also arranges insurance coverage for both its own participants and for participants of other exchange programs.AIFS has been a Global Partner since 2000 and actively supports NAFSA in many areas:
- AIFS is a huge underwriter of NAFSA products on Financial Aid
- AIFS offers NAFSA members and their families a discount for the Au Pair in America Host Family service through the Affinity Affiliate Program
- New York Times article on AIFS's Au Pair in America Program (187kb
) - AIFS and IIE Examine Critical Issues in International Education
ETS: Educational Testing Service www.ets.org/
ETS is the world’s largest private education measurement institution and leader in assessment. This nonprofit organization builds tests that are reliable, fair and valid predictors of academic success and are built to the highest psychometric standards.ETS annually administers more than 6.2 million English language tests and over 600,000 GRE tests in 180 countries. More than 8,000 colleges and universities worldwide use TOEFL and GRE scores to make admissions decisions about their applicants.
ETS has been a Global Partner since 2002 and is an active supporter of NAFSA in many facets:
- Underwriting of the ETS Excellence Awards for Overseas Advising Centers
- Contributing to the Annual Conference Travel Grants for Overseas Advisers
- Sponsoring the name badges at the Annual Conference
IDP Education Pty Ltd www.idp.com/
IDP Education Pty Ltd is the largest placement service for international students enrolling in Australian courses with over 75 student offices in 29 countries. IDP Education, a Global Partner since 2002, is half-owned by Australian universities and half-owned by SEEK Ltd, Australia's leading online employment and training company.IDP Education is also a partner in IELTS one of the world's leading English language proficiency tests.IDP Education Pty Ltd is very active in international student mobility research. Their more recent report entitled "Global Student Mobility: An Australian Perspective Five Years On" forecasts international student numbers in Australia's higher education sector through to 2025.
Download the Global Student Mobility Report (286kb
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology www.kaust.edu.sa
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a new Global Partner, is being built in Saudi Arabia as an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom that will also benefit the region and the world. The University is set to open in September 2009 with degrees in 11 fields of study.To learn more about KAUST, read their news items or view their fact sheet.
Global Advocates
Aramco Services Company www.aramcoservices.com
Aramco Services Company (ASC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. Aramco Training Services Company, a subsidiary, administers an International Exchange Visitor Program in support of the training, development and education of selected employees of Saudi Aramco and ASC affiliates. It also promotes mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Saudi Arabia through its international exchange visitor program.Aramco has been a Global Partner since 2003 and is always a major sponsor of the NAFSA Annual Conference.
David Ware & Associates www.david-ware.com
David Ware & Associates has expertise in all areas of immigration law ranging from business and education related immigration to asylum and deportation. They provide comprehensive immigration-related services to clients around the world representing corporations, educational institutions, businesses, and individual clients.David Ware & Associates is a new NAFSA Immigration Law Global Advocate.
HTH Worldwide www.hthworldwide.com
HTH Worldwide is a leader in helping world travelers gain access to quality healthcare services all around the globe. HTH combines ongoing research, a contracted global community of physicians and hospitals, advanced Internet applications, and wide experience in international health insurance to ensure customers' health, safety and peace of mind. HTH Worldwide is committed to international education through its partnerships and ventures with colleges and universities, international associations, and its longtime partnership with NAFSA.HTH Worldwide offers NAFSA members and their family members terrific savings on travel and other great deals through the Affinity Affiliate Program.
Check out the discounted travel savings, movie tickets, and more available exclusively to NAFSA members!
Klasko, Rulon, Stock and Seltzer, LLP www.klaskolaw.com
Chosen by competitors and clients as the top immigration law firm in the country in the university, medical and research sectors. Klasko, Rulon, Stock and Seltzer, LLP provides a full range of immigration law services from its offices in Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY. The firm is particularly well regarded for providing compliance advice and cutting edge solutions to complex issues such as J-1 waivers, extraordinary ability and PERM cases.Klasko, Rulon, Stock and Seltzer, LLP was the first law firm to join NAFSA as an Immigration Law Global Advocate. Read more about their recent work in NAFSA's "Global Partners in the News" page.
Global Associates
A1eduAbroad
www.a1eduabroad.com
A1edu Abroad, a new Global Partner, offers comprehensive assistance to U.S. Universities that want to explore the international student market overseas. With collective leadership experience of over 30 years in the education business, A1edu Abroad provides a suite of services for recruiting a continuous stream of high-quality students from selected national settings. A2 International Education Fairs, Inc.
www.aafair.com
As a Global partner since 2005 and with 16 years of experience in the education and counseling field, a² International Education Fairs offers comprehensive student recruitment events in prime locations. For the past six years it has been able to organize international student recruitment fairs in Turkey, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Morocco. AACRAO - American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers
www.aacrao.org/
As a Global Partner since 2002, AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers) has provided foreign credential evaluation service with unmatched experience, extensive archives, and quick turnaround time.They offer multiple publications on foreign educational systems that are useful to all admissions and credential evaluation practitioners.
ELS Language Centers
www.els.edu
ELS Educational Services Inc., parent of ELS Language Centers and the ELS American Education Centers, has been a promoter of US higher education for nearly half a century. At more than 50 U.S. Centers, most located on college campuses, ELS provides intensive, semi-intensive, test prep, and contract training courses and college placement services.ELS Language Centers offers its student customers a convenient and effective one-stop university preparation and application solution. All ELS centers are official TOEFL® iBT sites and many also offer the IELTS®, as well as state-of-the art Language Technology Centers, and professionalism from over 45 years of helping students from over 140 countries.
ELS Language Centers have been a NAFSA Global Partner since 2001. Read recent ELS news.
Global Volunteers
www.globalvolunteers.org/
Global Volunteers is a private, nonprofit, non-sectarian international human and economic development organization working in close partnership with local people worldwide. Each year Global Volunteers sends nearly 200 teams of short-term volunteers to work on long-term development projects in over 100 communities in 20 countries on five continents.Read more about their recent work.
Intercultural Press
interculturalpress.com/store/pc/nafsawelcome.asp
Intercultural Press is a new NAFSA Global Partner, but has been the premier publisher of books exploring and celebrating cultural diversity and the experiences of working and studying abroad for over 25 years.Their publications include:
- Country guides
- Travel memoirs
- Guides to int'l relocation
- Culture shock resources
- Training DVDs and manuals on cultural awareness and conflict resolution in the workplace
