NAFSA Press Releases

Washington - Today Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2022 in the U.S. Senate. Designed to remove institutional, cultural, and curricular barriers that prevent students from studying abroad, the legislation shifts

Washington - NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced new data today that show that the nearly one million international students at U.S. colleges and universities contributed $33.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2021-2022 academic year—up more than $5.5 billion (or 19%)

Washington - On October 5, a U.S. Appeals Court upheld a 2021 District Court decision that found the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to be in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and remanded the case to the District Court to consider. The Department of Homeland

Washington – Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced a new partnership with Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) that will provide several scholarships for community college professionals to participate in NAFSA’s Academy for International Education program, its

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