Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

Assessment of Global Learning Toward Accreditation

This AGL session explores assessment of global learning for accreditation standards, even as those standards are still sometimes being defined. Institutional administrators and faculty of discipline specific programs are challenged to know where and how their campus or department's global learning

Large-Scale Data Collection to Promote Education Abroad: Campus Barriers and Facilitators

Download the July 2021 Report By Donald L. Rubin, PhD, and Leah Mason, EdD In this edition of Trends & Insights, we explore how international educators can best obtain the information necessary to bolster the future of U.S. education abroad programs following this moment of historic regrouping and

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

Global Studies Literature Review—No. 11, March 2021

On behalf of NAFSA’s Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Knowledge Community (TLS KC), we are very pleased to introduce Issue No. 11 of the Global Studies Literature Review ( GSLR). The theme, "International Education in Times of Crisis: Connecting and Reimagining International Education," could not

NAFSA Peer-to-Peer Perspectives

NAFSA Peer-to-Peer Perspectives events are virtual roundtable discussions that are offered year-round with colleagues on timely topics. Share best practices, offer suggestions, and engage in discussions with your peers. NAFSA Peer-to-Peer Perspectives are a NAFSA member benefit. Nonmembers may

Shifting Trends in International Student Mobility: Embracing Diversity and Responding to Change

Download the February 2021 Report By Ming Cheng, PhD Moving globally for international education experiences has increased significantly in recent decades. More than 5 million students studied in degree programs outside their home countries in 2017, and it is estimated that this figure will reach 8

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.

Universities as Global Villages: Supporting International Students on Campus

Download the December 2020 Report By Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez, PhD, and Kelber Tozini, MS Since the United States is the number one destination in the world for international students (Institute of International Education 2019), the expectations are high for the country’s colleges and

Jana Jaffa

Dr. Jana Jaffa is the Assistant Director of Graduate Career Services at Penn State University. Her background spans ISSS, international research, and international student engagement. She has been working in the field since 2014. Dr. Jaffa has been active in the NAFSA community as a NAFSA Academy 18

COVID-19 Impact Research Brief: International Students At Community Colleges

October 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education worldwide. Two NAFSA member leaders, Heidi Fischer, MA (chair-elect for Region VIII) and Melissa Whatley, PhD (Research & Scholarship network leader for the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship [TLS] Knowledge Community), have coauthored a research