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Change is in the AirThe following appeared in the September October issue of International Educator magazine. The United Kingdom has long been well known for its excellence in higher education. The universities of Cambridge and Oxford are world class institutions

Today's Chinese Student What Really Matters"They are not asking new questions. They are not posing new problems," says Megan Wang of Chinese students coming to the United States for undergraduate study. "It's a question of scale. There are more of

Don’t Recreate the Wheel Advocacy as a One Person Study Abroad OfficeWe 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 Ashley Sinclair, who runs a

Learning and Fun The Ongoing Path to Advocacy SuccessThis week we go to Cincinnati to continue our blog series documenting the reflections of the inaugural cohort of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP). Over the past year, Frank Merendino

A Vision for Athletes to Help Social Causes RealizedThe following appeared in the July August issue of International Educator magazine. Tyler Spencer hadn't traveled much outside of his small Virginia hometown until he turned 18. He first visited South Africa

The Power of One The following appeared in the July August issue of International Educator magazine. I just returned from attending my seventh NAFSA annual conference—the largest international education conference in the world. It is always fascinating to me to

Connections to Achieve Change for a Global CommunityAs we approach the end of the inaugural year of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP), our blog series will continue over the coming weeks with the reflections from the participants.

Advocacy for IntrovertsAs we near the end of the inaugural year of the Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP), the participants are preparing for their final presentations and putting the finishing touches on their toolkits. The GLP, as you may recall, launched

Testing the DREAM Friday, June 15, was an exciting day. After years of advocacy on the part of individuals and organizations concerned about the plight of undocumented students, President Obama held a Rose Garden ceremony to announce temporary relief for

Reflections from Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee recalled being at a U.S. airport recently and being questioned about why she had a Liberian passport while her child had a U.S. passport. She