In the most recent post on IIE's Opening Minds blog, Mirka Tvaruzkova, Senior Evaluation Officer with IIE’s Center for Academic Mobility Research, writes that "while most evaluations happen as a program is in process or as it is ending, less research has been done on program impact of international fellowships over time, sometimes years after program implementation. Yet this is precisely the impact practitioners would like to see, the evidence that their program has promoted long-term change in the lives of their fellows and their communities. Program implementers also share the desire to document impacts that go beyond the individual experience, impacts at the organizational, community or even national and international levels."

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www.iie.org/Blog/2012/December/Alumni-Tracking.