International Educator - September/October 2008

(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

Supply and Demand: Building a Fluent Workforce

Being proficient in a foreign language is becoming increasingly important to the global workforce in today's 'flat' world. Even within each nation, more than one language is commonly spoken. In the United States, many different languages are spoken in places of business, hospitals, schools, and on the streets, especially in large metropolitan areas.

Features

International by Design

Tomorrow's architects learn from past masters in education abroad "studio" programs around the world. The University of Michigan, for example, takes students across the globe to learn about architecture, urban planning, and design approaches tailored to the unique requirements of each place.

Departments

In Focus

The Goats' Milk of Human Kindness
Jacob Baynham

In Brief

• Top 10 Things to Do on Your Campus During an Election Year
• Remember to Vote!
• State Department Promotes Safe, Smart Travel to Students
• Survey Says: U.S. Image Improving
• Where Are U.S. Citizens Most Welcomed?
• Paving the Way for More U.S. Students Abroad
• Journal Highlights Research on Loneliness, Sense of Security in International Students
• Awards to International Educator, Internationalization Report Questions Surround Homeland Security's OPT Rule
• Book Review of Teaching American Students: A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants in Colleges and Universities

 

From the Editors

Christopher Murphy

Past as Prologue

Alan Desoff

Voices

Alan Dessoff

Education Abroad

Kyna Rubin

Foreign Student Affairs

By Eve Katz

View From Out Here

By Mary Clement

International Enrollment

Charlotte West

Forum

Philip Altbach