Inclusion and Equity

Third Culture Students

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 16, Fall ISSUE - November 2018 By: Hannah Marie Morris, InterculturalTransitions Third Culture Kids (TCKs) live in the transitional space between “domestic” and “international” student. These students share the characteristics of many international students, such as

Global Forecasting, Scenario Planning, and Collaborative Action in Leading Campus Internationalization

By Melanie Agnew, Moreen Carvan, Sebrina Palmer, and Jane Gatewood Leadership for campus internationalization is becoming increasingly professionalized, as evidenced by the work of professional organizations like NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Moreover, that institutional missions

Evaluating Three-Year Degrees from Europe: Why Is This Still an Issue?

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Jessica Stannard, NUFFIC The Bologna Declaration of 1999 and the ensuing Bologna Process have brought about many changes in higher education across Europe; the most obvious being the alignment

The Three-Year Indian Degree Conundrum

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Ujjaini Sahasrabudhe, University of Southern California, and Aleksander Morawski, Foreign Credits In the Institute of International Education’s 2016 Open Doors report, it states that there were 165,918 Indian students

How to Retain International Students

By Menachem Wecker It’s a cycle many colleges and universities will recognize: Year after year, international student offices invest big-time money and staff bandwidth recruiting international students. But too many of those students ultimately struggle, pack their bags, and return

LGBTQ+ Student Advising Guide for Education Abroad Professionals

By NAFSA: Association of International Educators Diversity and Inclusion in Education Abroad Subcommittee, LGBTQ+ Working Group: Margaret McCullers, Matt Free, Darren Gallant, Conrad Zeutenhorst, Ashlee Finn and Aby Parsons This resource is designed to help Education Abroad professionals prepare

A Night with Greg Mortenson: How U.S. Higher Education Can Help Women in Afghanistan and Pakistan

March 6, 2017

A Night with Greg Mortenson: How U.S. Higher Education Can Help Women in Afghanistan and Pakistan Last night at the National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of listening to Greg Mortenson speak passionately about his life’s work of building schools in

Removing the Blinders: Neo-Racism and International Students

The Institute of International Education (IIE) recently released its Open Doors report, indicating that more than 1 million international students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities (IIE 2016). Whether the trend will continue on an upward path or not remains uncertain. The forecast is

Exploring Womens Journeys to Leadership in International Education

January 25, 2017

Exploring Women’s Journeys to Leadership in International EducationBy Mandy Hansen I asked my colleagues and session attendees the following question “What is one challenge that you’ve had, as a woman, in navigating your professional life?” A few of the replies

Students Without Documents: Possible Approaches for U.S. Universities

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama stated in April of this year that he expects that the United States will meet the goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees before the end of