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With a busy International Education Week behind us, I’m reflecting on the impact that international education has had on my life. My work in the field has provided me a chance to grapple with and explore the world. It has pushed me beyond the limits of what I understood about education

It goes without saying that we find ourselves, individually and as a profession, in an unprecedented time. Many of us are working under added strain and stress, doing more with less—in every sense—and often without the in-person supportive camaraderie that is a hallmark of our field. I’ve been

I’m very happy to announce that NAFSA will be hosting a series of Member Coffee live virtual conversations on select Mondays during this holiday season. NAFSA members will be able to grab a cup of their favorite coffee, tea, or other beverage of choice and join live for a relaxing, 30-minute

In 2010, in the midst of a wave of overseas branch-campus building by U.S. universities, a colleague and I published a piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education wherein we made a case for an alternative approach. We argued that for many schools, particularly public institutions, overseas

Academy coaches are behind many of the success stories from the NAFSA Academy for International Education. To get insight into the value that coaches bring to the Academy experience, we asked Loveness Schafer, the 2020 and 2021 Region III Academy coach, about her journey as a coach. Editor's note

One time for an annual review, I prepared an elevator pitch to convince my supervisor that I was ready for a promotion. My responsibilities had grown over time, and I was ready for the next level. The meeting went well, but when discussing the promotion, she began to list a few of her reservations.

The 2020 U.S. election is underway, with just days until Election Day on November 3, 2020. Since late August, each issue of NAFSA.news, NAFSA's weekly email newsletter to members, has included a simple action you can take take to support advocacy efforts for the international education community

We live in a time where global challenges call upon young professionals to contribute to creating change at the micro, meso, and macro social and political levels. For instance, because of the COVID-19 crisis, public health and frontline medical workers are needed to work with affected populations

I was huddled in a quiet corner of the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Atlanta, taking a call from a parent of a study abroad student. “We’ll have to be adaptable, ma’am, as the situation unfolds and the university develops our response plans,” I admitted wearily on the phone

My first volunteer position with NAFSA was as part of the Local Arrangements Team for the NAFSA 2013 Annual Conference & Expo in St. Louis, Missouri. I loved the experience, and it spurred me to look for more ways to be involved. That led me to seek leadership positions on the Region IV team, and it