Paul Turner, Director of IIE’s Beijing and Hong Kong offices, shares outcomes from the most recent conference of the Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE).This conference took the theme of "Asia Pacific – A Global Education and Research Powerhouse" and supported the shared goal of reorienting international research and learning towards the region. There was discussion of Singapore’s position as a leader in quality research output, as well as China’s increasing output rivaling that of U.S. and European universities. Keynote speaker Professor Simon Marginson sees many opportunities for world enhancing ideas distilled between Asia and the rest of the planet, provided we all keep open minds and open borders. 

A Guide to Educational Systems Around the World, Revised Edition is a compilation of more than 185 updated and new guides to educational systems around the world, covering secondary as well as higher education. This interactive PDF on CD includes critical information on the methodology of credential evaluation and the interpretation of foreign grades.

 

Join the American Council on Education's (ACE) Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement (CIGE) for an interactive discussion of higher education in Europe, and opportunities for engagement by U.S. institutions. Topics will include: Evolution of the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area; recent trends in trans-Atlantic student mobility and implications for student recruitment; and an overview of the Erasmus+ initiative and how U.S. institutions can participate.

Past and current participants in the following ACE programs are eligible for a 25% discount on the registration fee: Institute for Leading Internationalization; ACE Internationalization Laboratory; ACE Fellows Program; ACE Institute for New Presidents; ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers; and Chief Academic Officer and Chief Business Officer Workshop. Please email Robin Helms to obtain the discount code.

The Institute of International Education is seeking additional host institutions for the 2016-17 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program that may be interested in hosting a Russian and/or Turkish language FLTA. If the appropriate department on your campus is interested in hosting a Fulbright FLTA, please share with them the links below:

• Host Institution Application

• Host institution Design and Cost Share 

• Host Institutions

• Eligibility 

• Arrival Information 

Institutions interested in hosting Russian and/or Turkish are asked to provide the minimum cost share of a tuition and fees waiver for two courses per semester or one per quarter. The grantees’ program expenses (housing, food and daily living expenses) will be covered by the sponsor.

In an effort to provide you continuous information on international programs for U.S. students, the Institute of International Education is pleased to invite you to attend the Generation Study Abroad Advisor Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, coinciding with the Forum on Education Abroad Annual Conference. This workshop will provide in-depth and interactive overviews and advising recommendations on the following programs: the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright U.S. Student Program and Gilman International Scholarship Program and the National Security Education Program’s Boren Scholarships. The workshop will also provide information about Generation Study Abroad, a five-year initiative launched by IIE in March 2014 to double the number of U.S. students studying abroad by the end of the decade.

In cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the New York Film Academy Foundation, in collaboration with the New York Film Academy College of Visual & Performing Arts (NYFA), is facilitating a series of filmmaking educational activities supported by the Saudi American Education and Cultural Grants Initiative Grants Program. The NYFA programming commences in mid-March 2016. To continue its close association with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's education, arts, and cultural communities, NYFA will be hosting a series of workshops at the 3rd Annual Saudi Film Festival ("Dammam Film Festival") held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from March 24th - 28th. Working with the Saudi Arabia Society for Culture and Arts (SASCA), Mr. Jonathan Whittaker, NYFA Chair of Short-term Programs and Professor of Director's Craft, Screenwriting, and Cinematography, will be conducting a three-day intensive and hands-on Master class workshop in Cinematography for up-and-coming Saudi filmmakers attending the Film Festival. At the closing ceremony of the festival NYFA will be presenting the "NYFA Award for Emerging Talent"-a full tuition scholarship to NYFA-to the winner in the "Best Student Film" category.