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Exploring Downtown Los Angeles by Foot Compared to other city centers, downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) struggles to be a pedestrian-friendly area. Sure, the sidewalks are wide and new businesses attract clientele to the area, but it can still feel like a ghost town sometimes. My hopes and dreams for Los

In just a little over a month, we will kick off the NAFSA 2017 Annual Conference & Expo in Los Angeles. This year’s theme, "Expanding Community, Strengthening Connections," seems to be the perfect call to action for the challenges our field is facing during these extraordinary times. Our role as

This month’s Advice From The Field column is authored by Sue Marlay, past-coordinator of NAFSA’s Phase II Member Interest Group. Sue offers strategies for dealing with a difficult supervisor.

“The current refugee crisis is not a new phenomenon,” says Gruenewald. “Migrants seeking new venues for employment, immigrants seeking lands offering better opportunities, and refugees seeking a safer life, a life away from civil war and famine—all of these populations have been moving and migrating

NAFSA Welcomes the Global Community to the 2017 Annual Conference The field of international education sits at the intersection of profound and wide-ranging questions. How do nations balance the forces of economic independence and interdependence? What role does immigration play in cultural and

Only a Day Away: Day Trips from Los Angeles From cities to wilderness, Southern California has tons for NAFSA 2017 attendees to explore. Check out these fun day trips that will leave you feeling like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, “I’ve a feeling we’re not in [Los Angeles] anymore…” From cities to

Workshop Spotlight: Academic Ethics Across Cultures: Preparing Your Students and Your Campus This week’s NAFSA 2017 Workshop Spotlight series features a conversation with Anne Hayner, associate director for alumni relations at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in the Keough School

On March 6, the White House released a revised travel ban Executive Order that further highlights the uncertainty that international education professionals face in 2017.

As I am writing this, eleven NAFSA members across the country are hard at work embodying the phrase “all politics is local.” I met with all of them for the first time in June, when they came to NAFSA headquarters in Washington.

International Plenary and Luncheon Anand Sudarshan, chief executive officer and managing director of Manipal Education, engaged the International Plenary Luncheon with a thoughtful analysis of education in India. He maintained that India, which comprises one sixth of humanity, is in a unique