NAFSA Blog

First Lady Encourages GW Graduates to "Take it Global"During a commencement address Michelle Obama gave on Sunday for George Washington University's class of 2010, she focused on the value of international education and urged each student to go global. The

Why We’re In This Business Recently my wife and I attended a benefit reception for the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), whose president is my old friend, Chic Dambach. AfP describes itself as “a coalition of diverse organizations working together to

Arizona Law Gives Other States Advantage in Attracting Foreign StudentsTwo Mexican universities – the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí – have ended their student exchange programs with the University of Arizona, citing

Congressman David Obey A Unique Leader and Inspiration for Next GenerationI don't remember when I first met Dave Obey. Probably 1973, when he was a junior Member of Congress, and I came to Washington from the University of Wisconsin to

Solving Income Gap is Missing Link to Immigration ReformBy Dr. Robert A. Pastor In a May 1 op ed in the Washington Post, Bruce Morrison and Paul Donnelly make a compelling case for the need for a better system than

Coordination and Communication in the Intelligence Community Lessons for DHS?The April 30 edition of the Washington Post carried an interesting Forum piece headlined “Getting Smarter on Intelligence” by Thomas Fingar and Mary Margaret Graham, former senior officials in the Office

Arizona vs. OntarioLast Friday, the state of Arizona enacted one of the toughest laws in the nation against illegal immigration, requiring local law enforcement to determine a person's immigration status if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. How

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