IIE Blog: IIE’s Long-Term Commitment to Serving Refugees

Eduardo Contreras, Director of Studies Abroad at the University of Portland, discusses the important role that IIE has played in serving refugee communities since the 1920s, when students and scholars displaced by the Bolshevik Revolution were aided through the Russian Student Fund. "Beyond the basic human needs of food, water, and shelter, there are also unprecedented educational needs, which IIE has played an active role in addressing. Today, the Syria Consortium is answering this call by encouraging universities to provide scholarships to qualified Syrian students. The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund is offering funding to host institutions that can offer temporary academic positions for Syrian scholars to continue their teaching and research until it’s safe to return home [...] As much as the work of supporting refugees is future oriented, it is also a vital part of IIE’s history."

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