You are invited to participate in the Gilman Web Symposium Series for the 2013-2014 academic year. Each month, Gilman staff will lead discussions on various themes in education abroad and invite experienced advisors and alumni to provide their insight. We encourage you to review the web symposium themes and join the discussion on these pertinent topics. The next webinar, "How to Certify—Walk-Through of the Gilman Application," assists advisors in learning more about the Gilman Program and is offered for the following dates:

• February 26, 2014, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM CT | Register
• March 6, 2014, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM CT | Register

Stay tuned to the Gilman Program's multimedia page for future details about the following upcoming web symposiums:

• April: Think Outside the EU! Opportunities in Non-Traditional World Regions
• May: International Exchange Opportunities in China
• July: Opportunities & Challenges for Minority Students in Education Abroad

We hope you can join us and encourage students to attend.

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by IIE. The Gilman Program diversifies the kinds of U.S. undergraduate students who study and intern abroad and the countries and regions where they go. To learn more about the Gilman Scholarship Program, please visit the website at www.iie.org/gilman or contact gilmanadvisors@iie.org.

IIE is pleased to announce that the print edition of Open Doors 2013: Report on International Educational Exchange is now available for purchase. Open Doors provides a long-standing, comprehensive statistical analysis of academic mobility between the United States and the nations of the world.

If you pre-ordered the book, or responded to the Open Doors data survey, the book has already been shipped out to you from the printer. If you have not ordered your print copy, you can order it now from IIEBooks.

The print edition of Open Doors 2013 is a 112 page book that includes extensive data tables and analysis that are not on the Open Doors website or were not part of the data highlights that were released in November for International Education Week. The book includes: 

• A special 4-page section on  student mobility trends into and out of the United States by world region
• New data and discussion of different types of education abroad, including work, internships and volunteer experiences that are not for academic credit, as well as independent research and fieldwork
• An analysis of the diversity of U.S. students abroad
• An overview of U.S. students in full degree programs at higher education institutions abroad
• A 4-page section on global student mobility trends
• A report on nearly 111,000 students coming to the United States for Intensive English Programs
• An overview and data tables on the more than 122,000 scholars who taught or conducted research on U.S. campuses in 2012/13, from 192 places of origin

Open Doors, published with support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, features graphic displays of data maps, tables and figures, as well as to-the-point policy-oriented analysis. 

The Open Doors 2013 print edition can be ordered for $69.95. IIE is also selling a special comprehensive Open Doors research package, consisting of searchable PDF copies of the Open Doors books from 1948-2008 on CD-ROM, plus hard copies of the print editions of the five most recent Open Doors books (2009-2012), for $195.