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Washington – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. "Campus internationalization holds great promise for exposing students of all backgrounds to the mind-expanding

Washington – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced that executive director and CEO, Dr. Esther D. Brimmer will be stepping down at the end of her second term on December 31, 2022. She has served in this role since January 2017. The Board of Directors has retained the

Washington – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced that its industry-leading annual conference and expo, which for the last two years had been online-only due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place in Denver with a reimagined and redesigned format. NAFSA 2022, the largest

Washington (March 8, 2022) – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators shared its decision to bar the Russian Government’s participation in its 2022 Annual Conference & Expo. The following is a statement from Dr. Esther D. Brimmer, executive director and CEO. “Russia’s aggressive

Washington, (February 22, 2022) – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced that five U.S. universities and colleges have been selected to receive a 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Named after the late Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, the NAFSA

Washington (January 21, 2022) - Today the White House announced a set of new policies intended to make the United States more welcoming for talented international students and scholars. The following is a statement by Dr. Esther D. Brimmer, executive director and CEO of NAFSA: Association of

Washington - The Senate voted last night to pass the REMOTE Act (H.R. 5545), which corrects language in the Roe-Isakson and THRIVE Acts that essentially banned the use of incentive-based compensation for international student recruitment. The House passed the REMOTE Act on December 8, so the bill

Washington, November 15, 2021 - The American Association of Community Colleges, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Association of American Universities, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Institute of International Education, NAFSA

Washington, November 15 , 2021 – NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced new data today that reveal the largest single-year drop in the dollar amount contributed by international students studying in the United States. Findings show that the nearly one million international students

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led a group of 23 Senators in calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department to address the backlog of visas for international students, which grew significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we approach the