NAFSA Blog

Cuban Independence Day Speech What Valenzuela Should SayEarlier this week on The Havana Note, Nicholas Maliska discussed the anticipated speech of Arturo Valenzuela, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, on May 20, at the Cuban American National Foundation.

Arizona Immigration Legislation Heads down Slippery SlopeBill prompts alarm and points to need for comprehensive national reforms Monday’s New York Times editorial “Arizona goes over edge” is but the latest in a flood of expressions of alarm at an immigration

Foreign Language Learning What the United States Is Missing Out On It seemed a notably strange coincidence that the day after the Chronicle of Higher Education's fascinating article about foreign language acquisition and its remarkable contributions to the human mind

International Education Will Strengthen Our CountryLee Hamilton, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, co chair of the 9 11 Commission, and a former U.S. Congressman, makes a powerful case for investment in and advancement of

Fire Up for the Conference By Deb Pierce The KC conference is going to be great Yes, you’d expect me to say that, since I’ve spent the last 16 months of my life working to make it an outstanding conference. And, I

Kansas City Highlights Day TripsBy Michael Hernandez This post is the third in a series exploring all that Kansas City, Missouri (the location of NAFSA's 2010 Annual Conference & Expo) has to offer. Thanks to Michael Hernandez of Park University

Foreign Language Learning and Study Abroad are Stronger TogetherAn article published yesterday by the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the recent trend of increases in U.S. students studying Arabic and other languages deemed by the federal government to be "critical

It’s Time to End Ideological Exclusion Policies at the U.S. State DepartmentAn editorial in the New York Times today called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to end ideological exclusion policies and reconsider the questionable visa denials practices from the

Why Am I Coming to Kansas City?By Diana Lopez Are you coming to the NAFSA Conference in Kansas City this year? Of course, I'm coming. I, plus a whole lot of other people, planned long and hard for this conference,

Share Your Advice with First Time Conference Attendees What do you wish you would have known before attending your first NAFSA annual conference? Whether it was just last year or decades ago, first time conference goers could use your insight