NAFSA

About NAFSA

NAFSA: Association of International Educators is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange, working to advance policies and practices that ensure a more interconnected, peaceful world today and for generations to come.

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The NAFSA Challenge

NAFSA’s role as the leading voice in connecting people and changing the world has never been more important. We need your support to to make our work bolder and even more effective and impactful. Please consider supporting the NAFSA Challenge.

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Benefits of Membership

Join NAFSA and experience the advantage of increasing your professional effectiveness at every stage of your career.

NAFSA membership provides unmatched access to best-in-class programs, information, and resources. NAFSA members gain unrivaled opportunities to partner with experienced leaders and colleagues within international education.

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Student Economic Value

NAFSA's latest analysis finds that international students studying at U.S. colleges and universities contributed $41 billion and supported 458,290 jobs to the U.S. economy during the 2018-2019 academic year.

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Adviser's Manual 360

NAFSA Adviser's Manual 360 is the comprehensive source on U.S. immigration policy and procedures impacting educational institutions in the United States, providing information critical to every international student and scholar services office.

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International Educator Magazine

International Educator (IE) is the flagship bimonthly magazine of NAFSA. IE maintains the highest standards of intellectual quality, editorial excellence, and design to service its readers who are working worldwide to advance international education and exchange.

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Upcoming Events

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January 29, 2020

Visa Options and Strategies for Academic Clinical Programs

Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 2:00 p.m. EST for a text-based Q&A session with colleagues from the field. One of the more complicated challenges that international offices face is providing visa options for short-term trainees, students, and visitors with patient or animal care responsibilities. This text-based Q&A session will provide perspectives from a variety of institutions on how they manage visitors with clinical responsibilities not covered under the J-1 Alien Physician program, such as short-term medical training, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary science and other

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March 16 - 17, 2020

Advocacy Day

At NAFSA's Advocacy Day, speak out for students, scholars, and policies that matter to you! After a day of training and strategizing, you will head to Capitol Hill with all the tools you need to educate Congress on how international education impacts your state and district and why we need a more...

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April 24, 2020

NAFSA Research Symposium - April 2020

Image Join NAFSA and colleagues in recognizing international education research at the eighth Research Symposium - A Critical Discussion of Theories, Methodologies, and Practices in International Education - on April 24, 2020 at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Bringing together...

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May 24 - 29, 2020

NAFSA 2020 Annual Conference & Expo

We look forward to meeting you in St. Louis, Missouri, next year for NAFSA 2020, where the conference theme will be "Innovate, Influence, Impact." The program will feature innovations in international education and highlight the role that the field plays in creating welcoming communities, supporting...

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May 26, 2020

Symposium on Leadership 2020

Beyond Geopolitics: Successful International Education Leadership for the Next Decade Successful international education leadership in the future will require embracing and navigating growing nationalisms, changing demographic pressures, and environmental anxieties. At a time when global engagement...

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Latest Job Postings

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University of Denver

Program Manager for Special Programs

The program manager is responsible for developing and coordinating special curricular programs for the English Language Center.

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Louisiana State University

Vice Provost & Dean

The vice provost and dean exercises ultimate administrative oversight for all aspects of the Graduate School, including strategic planning, and more.

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LewerMark

Higher Education Partnership Manager

This position will focus on meeting people, growing business, and adding new partnerships with West Coast schools to the LewerMark portfolio.

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Brandeis University

Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions

The assistant director manages the admissions and yield process for the master of arts in conflict resolution and coexistence, including planning and presenting at events.

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