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Cultural Immersion

Cultural ImmersionBlack Issues associate editor experiences first-hand the benefits of studying abroad during a weeklong trip to Strasbourg, FranceKnowing what I know now, there is no way I would have finished my undergraduate degree without studying abroad for some period of time during those four years — a semester, a year, or even two weeks […]

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Leadership Institute Challenges Students to Think Globally

Leadership Institute Challenges Students to Think GloballyBy Gabrielle FinleyNEW YORKFor Charles Reynolds, attending the Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Institute last month was a humbling experience, one that opened his eyes to a more culturally diverse world.“There are many interesting people around the world that are trying to make a difference,” says Reynolds, a junior finance […]

UNCF Takes Initiative in International Education Programs

UNCF Takes Initiative in International Education ProgramsW illiam H. Gray III, president of the United Negro College Fund, backed up his call for a national policy on international education with a highlight of his organization’s initiatives: Institute of International Public Policy (IIP): In 1994 UNCF partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to offer undergraduate […]

UNCF Chief Makes Case for National Policy on International Education

UNCF Chief Makes Case for National Policy on International EducationBy Tony WashingtonSAN ANTONIOAlthough William H. Gray III, president of the United Negro College Fund, joked with NAFSA conference attendees that the Baptist minister in him could easily extend his allotted speaking time, he was preaching to the choir when he extolled an audience of international […]

New Initiative Encourages American Students To Study in Australia

New Initiative Encourages American Students To Study in AustraliaWASHINGTONWith more than 140,000 Americans studying abroad and Australia serving as the sixth destination of choice for American students, IDP Education Australia has launched a new initiative and resource center to encourage students to study in Australia.The Australia study abroad initiative offers a specialized service for the […]

Higher Education Community Offers Policy-Makers Blueprint For Foreign Study

Higher Education Community Offers Policy-Makers Blueprint For Foreign StudyWASHINGTONThe American Council on Education (ACE) along with 33 other higher education organizations last month proposed a blueprint for the federal government and policy-makers to enhance U.S. policy on international education.The policy proposal, “Beyond September 11: A Comprehensive U.S. National Policy on International Education,” seeks to produce […]

Colleges Face New Visa Tracking Rules

Colleges Face New Visa Tracking RulesColleges and universities would have to adopt a new online tracking system for foreign students under a new U.S. Justice Department plan.By next January, the Justice Department wants all postsecondary institutions to use a new database — the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). The database will provide a […]

Off the Beaten Path

Off the Beaten PathStudying abroad in ‘nontraditional’ locations Centers of learning have been among the most enduring institutions common to people. Throughout the centuries, scholars have welcomed their colleagues from far-flung regions of the world. Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and North Africans all held libraries in high esteem and promoted the exchange of scholarly information. […]

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Adding International Flavor to your Résumé

Adding International Flavor to your RésuméBack in the 1980s, Anthony Pinder was trading futures for a living in Chicago. When the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the stock market, he decided the timing was right to do something he had thought about for years. He joined the Peace Corps. Pinder’s 2 ½ years in Ecuador changed […]

Going Global

Going Global: Traditionally, the percentage of African American students who studied abroad has been low; however, university officials are looking into ways to increase those numbers.By Linda Meggett BrownInternational study abroad programs aren’t new but they are beginning to take off at historically Black colleges and universities. The challenge for these institutions is to make such […]

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONPerhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened interest. Many had feared collapse of study abroad programs as images of hijacked airplanes crashing into the World […]

Globalization and Africa

Globalization and AfricaScholars explore impact of language, colonization and supernational organizationsBy Kenyatta Albeny NEW YORKMore than 100 students, activists and scholars gathered recently at Columbia University’s Teachers College to explore the effects of globalization and decentralization on education, health care and land reform in Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. During the one-day conference “Africa in […]

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