Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

Building Your IE Bookshelf: Internationalizing Courses and Campuses

August 25, 2026 | 2:00 pm

Network and learn more about new publications from NAFSA with NAFSA's Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC). Register for the live event and join the conversation or watch the recording later.

From Disruption to Direction: Redesigning Higher Education Internationalization for the Age of Intelligent Systems

July 21, 2026

July/August 2026 By Michael Fung and Nohem í Vilchis Treviño Universities have spent centuries creating, preserving, and disseminating knowledge, as well as establishing partnerships beyond their walls to advance the academic enterprise. In the age of intelligent systems, these institutions play a

From Idea to Impact: Demystifying the Publication Process

Network and learn more about getting published in the field of international education with NAFSA's Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC). Register for the live event to join the conversation and connect with contributors from the latest issue of the Global Studies

Recognition and the Promise of Mobility: The UNESCO Global Convention

May 19, 2026

May/June 2026 By Esther Benjamin and Stig Arne Skjerven Since its founding in 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been dedicated to advancing "peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science, and culture,"

Reimagining Global Learning: The Power of Campus-Based Experiences

January/February 2026 By Janelle S. Peifer The campus environment has always played a critical role in identity formation for emerging adults (Arnett 2016). During these pivotal years and developmental period, students begin conceptualizing and placing themselves within the context of the wider

Business Acumen for International Educators

November 18 - 19, 2026 | 2:00 pm

Build critical business acumen to strengthen your strategic impact and advance international education programs with fiscal confidence and operational excellence.

Pivots and Possibilities: Preparing for the Future

November/December 2025 By Sora H. Friedman As international educators, we start our careers thinking we will be in this field for decades. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the number of international education (IE) professionals considering a shift in career has increased. Whether such change

Recognizing Innovative Research in IE: Intercultural Competence and Global Learning

November 13, 2025 Connecting research and practice in international education is vital. Each year, NAFSA's Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) honors an individual's contributions to the knowledge and practice of the field through the TLS KC's Innovative Research in

2026 Next-Generation Strategy Development Challenge

The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) encourages all international educators (especially first-timers, students, and young professionals) to intentionally engage with their NAFSA 2026 Annual Conference & Expo experience by participating in the Next-Generation Strategy

Rethinking Internationalization Through Pathway Programs

Event Dates

September 15, 2025

Date: September 15, 2025 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT Join the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC) for an engaging cross-committee webinar focused on reimagining internationalization through collaborative degree programs between institutions. Panelists will reflect