Competency for Today’s Global Workforce

NAFSA recognizes the urgent need for a global workforce and has adapted its Strategic Plan to include a focus on supporting a new generation of global-ready graduates. These graduates will be uniquely skilled to deal with systems, businesses, and an economy that is increasingly global.

Read Ron Moffatt's introduction to NAFSA's Role in Developing Global-Ready Graduates. Ron was the Director of the International Student Center at San Diego State University, past President and past chair of the Development Committee at NAFSA.

What's New in the News

May 7, 2009
Send More Students Abroad; NAFSA cited in Forbes article

April 12, 2009
U.S. Businesses need technology-saavy immigrants, but have restrictions

April 11, 2009
U.S. Visa Delays Distress Scientists

March 12, 2009
The World teaches Service to IBM’s top management

December 12, 2008
Strategies for American Competitiveness - Business Week

December 9, 2008
Brazilian Companies Help Train Future Workforce - The Washington Post

December 3, 2008
Number of Transnational Companies Grows by 2,500 a Year - Progressive Policy Institute

October 31, 2008
Community Colleges Pursue Many Paths to Create International Campuses

October 28, 2008
NAFSA's Business-Higher Education Roundtable Discussion Focuses on the Value of an Global Workforce - UCLA Today

October 22, 2008
Center for International Private Enterprise paper: Global Financial Risk Needs Best Practices

October 22, 2008
Research Paper: How Globalization May Improve America's Economy

October 20, 2008
i-Graduate survey: Graduates Who Have Studied Abroad Are More Appealing to Businesses - The Guardian

October 6, 2008
The 21st Century Skills, Education & Competitiveness Resource and Policy Guide

Reports, Research & Speeches

• June, 2008
  National Commission on Adult Literacy releases Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the U.S. Workforce (Executive Summary)
• February 4, 2008
  Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) releases “How Should Colleges Assess and Improve Student Learning? Employers’ Views on the Accountability Challenge.”
• January 10, 2007
  The General Accounting Office (GAO) forum convened a select group of leaders to identify strategies in attracting talented international students while maintaining America's national security. The forum study is titled Global Competitiveness: Implications for the Nation’s Higher Education System (22mb )
• January 10, 2007
  Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) releases College Learning for the New Global Century
• August 10, 2006
  The Pew Hispanic Center Research releases Growth in the Foreign-Born Workforce and Employment of the Native Born
• February 9, 2006
  Committee for Economic Development release a report titled Education for Global Leadership: The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic and National Security.
• October, 2004
  National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) release a report titled A Call to Leadership: The Presidential Role in Internationalizing the University (680 kb )
  - An Excerpt from A Call To Leadership: Globally Competent Students (143kb )
  - Research Summary on Study Abroad and Economic Competitiveness (36kb )
  

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NAFSA International Educator Articles

All of the links below are to PDFs.

• Supply and Demand: Building a Fluent Workforce (September/October 2008)
• Educating for Global Business (September/October 2007)
• Wanted: Global Workers (May/Jun 2006)
• The Right Tool for the Job (Jul/Aug 2005)
• An Alliance for Tomorrow's Workforce (May/Jun 2005)
• Emphasizing Global Citizenship for Business Leaders: An Interview with Dr. Angel Cabrera (Jan/Feb 2005)

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