Designed for international admission and enrollment management professionals at U.S. colleges and universities, the EducationUSA Forum offers practical information and strategies to help you expand your international student recruitment. EducationUSA experts from around the world, U.S. higher education representatives, and government officials will present workshop sessions that offer unique and valuable information to help you recruit and enroll international students, and engage and connect with EducationUSA.

The deadline to register is June 25, 2013, but is limited to only 500 registrations. For more information and to register, please visit the event website.

The Institute of International Education will be hosting its U.S. Higher Education Fairs this fall from September 7, until October 12, 2013, in 14 cities throughout Asia and India.  

This fair series will provide a unique opportunity for institutions to expand and widen their presence in Asia, which sends more students to U.S. colleges and universities than any other region in the world. School representatives will interact face to face with thousands of qualified students; expand academic exchanges by connecting with local schools and university officials; and talk to experts about the education system in the region, scholarships available and other academic opportunities.  

To learn more about the fairs or to register now, please visit: www.iie.org/fairs. 

The Institute of International Education’s Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education will host a roundtable discussion to explore new ways of expanding educational exchanges and academic linkages between the United States and Laos. Click to view the invitation. The discussion will feature a presentation by Dr. Phonephet Boupha, Director General of Higher Education Department, Ministry of Education and Sports, Laos.

The Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) in Laos is in the process of reforming the entire education system in order to improve equitable access to education and quality, in line with education for sustainable development. In this regard, the reform process must respond to the challenges posed by regionalization and globalization: this is particularly true for the development of the higher education sector in Laos. International collaboration will be critical to achieving different aspects of educational reform, such as governance, teaching, research and knowledge production, quality assurance, and academic freedom.

To participate, please RSVP to jakeley@iie.org.

The Rolex Awards celebrate and encourage the spirit of enterprise by supporting pioneers taking on major challenges in order to benefit mankind.

The 2014 Awards are dedicated to candidates aged between 18 and 30 years old by 31 December 31, 2014, who have a project in one of five areas: science and health, applied technology, exploration and discovery, the environment, and cultural heritage.

Five Young Laureates will be chosen by an international jury of experts and will each receive 50,000 Swiss francs to advance their project, as well as a Rolex chronometer, and will gain worldwide recognition of their work through an international publicity campaign.

Candidates are invited to submit a pre-application in English on www.rolexawards.com/about/apply.