International Educator - May/June 2009

International Educator (IE) is the flagship bimonthly magazine of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. IE maintains the highest standards of intellectual quality, editorial excellence, and design to service its readers who are working worldwide to advance international education and exchange.

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Cover Story

Teaching the World

Schools of education are helping future teachers know and teach global perspectives through curriculum innovations, education abroad, new technologies, language immersion, and other valuable experiences.

Features

Overseas Internships Jumpstart Careers

International internships are drawing growing numbers of students seeking to shore up credentials while securing a more direct entry into other cultures.

Teaching Medicine Without Borders

Medical schools today are incorporating international experiences for future doctors.

Winning Formula in Internationalization Found in a Kansas Corner

A regional university in the Midwest strives to reach students from all over the world.

In Focus

Holding Hands With the Future
Liza Hensleigh

Forum

Building Cosmopolitan Competence
Abraham Lowenthal

In Brief

• Transatlantic Degree Programs
• U.S. Educators Visit Iraq to Prepare for Student Scholarship Initiative
• Boston College Launches Expert Database
• Study Abroad Leads to Global Engagement
• State Department Connects Through Social Networks
• $1 Million Donation to Fund Study Abroad for North Michigan Students
• State Department Announces New Student Intern Category
• International Experiences Impact "Internationalization" of U.S. Faculty
• New and Revised Publications from NAFSA
• 2009 Campus Internationalization Award Winners
• Accessing Best Practices in Internationalization
• Scholarships to Help Palestinians Study at U.S., Palestinian Universities

 

Departments

From the Editors

Christopher Murphy

Voices: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus

Elaina Loveland

Frontlines

John Hudzik

Foreign Student Affairs

Gary Althen

International Enrollment

Janet Hulstrand

Partnering

David Moore

View from Out Here

Allan Winkler

Across Cultures

Fred Hayward