Leadership

Achieving More with Less: Lean Management in the International Student Office

What can international educators learn from health care, manufacturing, and other sectors? Surprisingly, a lot! In Achieving More With Less: Lean Management for the International Student Office, David L. Di Maria shows how tried-and-true lean management strategies and tools adapted from various

Creating a Path Forward: International Education, Climate Change, and Sustainability

May 11, 2021

A Special Edition by the 2020-21 NAFSA Senior Fellows Download the May 2021 Issue Introduction By Dorothea J. Antonio The 2020-21 NAFSA Senior Fellows are featured in this special edition of Trends & Insights. Recognized for their considerable experience and outstanding academic scholarship, the

Mobility and Management - How Will Covid-19 Shape the New "Normal"?

International educators are planning for a return to student mobility – yet our community recognizes that this return will be a new “normal”. The COVID-19 pandemic will profoundly shape how institutions send students abroad and welcome new cohorts of international students. Institutions must grapple

What's New in Education Abroad

March 3, 2021

What’s New in Education Abroad is the official newsletter of NAFSA’s Education Abroad Services. What’s New in Education Abroad is sent to anyone who has selected “Education Abroad” as their primary area of work in their MyNAFSA profile.

NAFSA Executive Internationalization Leadership e-Institute

The NAFSA Executive Internationalization Leadership e-Institute (e-Institute) provides executive-level internationalization leadership training for international education professionals responsible for implementing internationalization at their institutions. The program is designed for leaders with

Symposium on Leadership 2021

Future-Proof International Education: Successful Leadership for the Next Decade NAFSA welcomes you to join us at the Symposium on Leadership 2021, a special signature program included with registration for the NAFSA 2021 Annual Conference & Expo. 2020 posed a generational challenge for all aspects

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Six Regional Leaders on Their Pathway to Leadership, Favorite NAFSA Memory, and Advice on How to Get Involved

January 19, 2021

During the fall, as virtual regional events were in full swing and volunteer positions were being filled, we asked six leaders across different regions to tell us about their pathway to leadership. The first part of the series features interviews with Namiko Bagirimvano of Region I, Karin Brown of

Applied Analysis for Strategic Decision Making

This e-Learning seminar introduces international educators to strategies to help analyze and reveal relationships between and among variables in data.

Liz Cosgrove Ford

Liz currently serves as Associate Director of International Student and Scholar Services at the University of North Texas where she leads a team of F1 advisors and staff to support nearly 11,000 international students. Liz began her career in International Education in 2001 teaching English as a