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Shifting the Dialogue: Caution about War Equals Strength, Not Weakness The criticism aimed at President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, former Senator Chuck Hagel, for possible reluctance to use force highlights a deeply troubling and largely unnoticed problem in our public psyche. We have

Unbuilding Walls I started my life in study abroad as a CET Beijing student during the 1987–1988 academic year. I was determined to learn Chinese, but thanks to a grant from the Bowdoin College Visual Arts Department, I also had the opportunity to take and develop photographs. I took hundreds of

If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When? I was nervous when I walked towards room 351 BC of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to present at the session, “Advocacy Snapshots: From Idea to Action.” Although I had presented at two regional conferences recently, I was still a bit apprehensive

Now is Your Chance to Take Action for Study Abroad Yesterday, the House Foreign Relations Authorization Act was passed favorably out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. While the bill's primary purpose is to authorize funding for the operations of the U.S. Department of State, it also includes

Building Your Wings on the Way Down: From Isolationist to International We continue our blog series documenting the reflections of the inaugural cohort of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP) today with a post from Hawaii. Laura Davis describes the challenges of opening the

Shedding More Light, Less Heat, on Comprehensive Immigration Reform What are we going to do about U.S. immigration policy? That question is back in the spotlight again after a whirlwind two weeks for the issue. First, the Obama Administration announced that it would end the deportations of

Continuing the Celebration of International Education Through Video NAFSA recently held its inaugural international education video contest in which institutions were invited to submit short videos demonstrating how their international education initiatives promote peace and justice through: NAFSA

Strategies for Using Print and Electronic Media to Enhance Your Knowledge Base This month’s Advice From the Field column from Gary Althen, former NAFSA president (1997-98) and retired from the University of Iowa, offers strategies for managing the never-ending amount of information we need to know

#GivingTuesday – Support Diversity and Inclusion in International Education #GivingTuesday, taking place this year on December 2, will once again focus on celebrating and promoting generosity. Started in 2012 by the 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation, this global day of giving back was

Foreign Students Contribute to State, Local Economies: Global Connections in the West In the final installment of this week’s series featuring real-life stories about the positive impact of foreign students on state economies and communities around the country (see our posts on the Midwest