Kuching, the largest city on the Island of Borneo and Malaysia’s 4th largest city, was the site of a 3-day Education Fair, sponsored by the Borneo Post, which ran from ...
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Kuching, the largest city on the Island of Borneo and Malaysia’s 4th largest city, was the site of a 3-day Education Fair, sponsored by the Borneo Post, which ran from March 26th to 28th. The EducationUSA booth and presentations drew some of the largest crowds at the Fair. About 300 students, their parents, and school counselors visited the EducationUSA booth seeking out valuable information on American academic programs as well as scholarships, exchanges and grants. In addition, over 100 people attended a presentation on student visas by an Embassy Consular officer and a presentation on Study in the U.S.A offered by Dr. James Coffman, Executive Director of the Malaysian-American Commission for Educational Exchange (MACEE). Dr. Coffman provided details about the many programs through which over 6,000 Malaysian students are studying in the U.S. For more information on EducationUSA in Malaysia, please logon to www.educationusa.org.my.
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There are more than 3,800 accredited institutions of higher education in the United States. Close to 15 million students are enrolled at these schools. At present, more ...
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There are more than 3,800 accredited institutions of higher education in the United States. Close to 15 million students are enrolled at these schools. At present, more than 550,000 of them are foreign and more than 13,000 are Turkish.
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Large numbers of Turkish students have traditionally studied abroad. For many years, thousands of this country’s young people have chosen to study in the United ...
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Large numbers of Turkish students have traditionally studied abroad. For many years, thousands of this country’s young people have chosen to study in the United States.
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American college life - you’ve seen it portrayed in the movies, you’ve read about it online and in the media, and more likely than not, you know someone that’s been ...
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American college life - you’ve seen it portrayed in the movies, you’ve read about it online and in the media, and more likely than not, you know someone that’s been a part of it. Everyone has some ideas about what it’s like to live and study as a college student in the United States. But what is studying in the U.S. really about, and what can Turkish students expect when jetting off to the United States for their educational needs?
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More than 110 EducationUSA Advisers representing over 40 countries in Europe and Eurasia attended the Europe/Eurasia EducationUSA Triennial Workshop “From Reykjavik to ...
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More than 110 EducationUSA Advisers representing over 40 countries in Europe and Eurasia attended the Europe/Eurasia EducationUSA Triennial Workshop “From Reykjavik to Vladivostok” sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. U.S. exhibitors promoted their institutions during the higher education fair attended by EducationUSA Advisers and over 300 local students.
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In fact, five of the players on the men’s squad and two of the women’s players came from the Australian Institute of Sports here in Canberra. Several of the players ...
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In fact, five of the players on the men’s squad and two of the women’s players came from the Australian Institute of Sports here in Canberra. Several of the players had help from Judy Freudenberger, the EducationUSA adviser in our Embassy, to make the connection between St. Mary’s and AIS’s robust study abroad programs. After seeing them practice and play, I picked them to go to the final 8, despite the President’s prediction that they’d go out in the second round.
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Laura Tunbridge left school in Kent with four As and one B at A-level, but was rejected from Oxford University and all but one of her other choices. Rather than settle ...
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Laura Tunbridge left school in Kent with four As and one B at A-level, but was rejected from Oxford University and all but one of her other choices. Rather than settle for second best, she took a gap year and set her sights on the American Ivy League.
"Studying in the US was something I'd always wanted to do but never believed it was a possibility," says the 20-year-old.
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As the Director of Study Abroad at Eastern Illinois University, I spend a fair amount of time researching and developing study abroad programs and partnerships outside of ...
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As the Director of Study Abroad at Eastern Illinois University, I spend a fair amount of time researching and developing study abroad programs and partnerships outside of the United States. Prior to my recent discovery of EducationUSA, I would start each search by pulling all of my contacts and then scouring the Internet for fitting locations and institutions within a particular country. Recently, I was invited to present on the topic of U.S. Study Abroad at the tri-annual WHA Regional EducationUSA Training Program, which was held in Mexico City. It was there that I learned more about this resourceful network.
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The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has published a Request for Grant Proposals (RFGP) entitled “One-time Competitive Grants Program -- Competition ...
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The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has published a Request for Grant Proposals (RFGP) entitled “One-time Competitive Grants Program -- Competition A--Academic Programs” which includes a component on “Capacity Building for Undergraduate Study Abroad.” We are writing to alert you to this funding opportunity because of your interest in the Bureau’s exchange programs. We encourage you to pass along this information to colleagues in the study abroad field who may be interested.
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Coverage by the Second Moroccan National TV Channel on America Day activities in Fez.
Submitted by Dr. Jessie Voigts on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 16:26.
I am so very excited to share an extraordinary resource for international education today. EducationUSA is a ...
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Submitted by Dr. Jessie Voigts on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 16:26.
I am so very excited to share an extraordinary resource for international education today. EducationUSA is a resource for both students looking to come study in the USA, as well as US students interested in studying or working overseas. Their advising centers serve as the official source on US higher education opportunities for students in 170 countries (400+ locations). EducationUSA is supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs within the US Department of State. Promoting international student mobility and international education, EducationUSA is an organization near and dear to our hearts. THIS is what international education is all about - helping others, promoting higher education around the world, crossing borders and boundaries, and welcoming internationalization and diversity.
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Ann Merrill is passionate about the benefits of international education – really, really passionate. “I think international education is the absolute best investment ...
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Ann Merrill is passionate about the benefits of international education – really, really passionate. “I think international education is the absolute best investment we can make to foster mutual understanding between Americans and other peoples of the world,” says Merrill, who serves as a Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) in the EducationUSA advising network.
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Michael D. Kirby, the principal deputy assistant secretary for the consular affairs, announced that the overall number of all visa applications in the mainland for 2009 ...
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Michael D. Kirby, the principal deputy assistant secretary for the consular affairs, announced that the overall number of all visa applications in the mainland for 2009 is 596,231, a year-on-year increase of 50,000, with student visa applications accounting for 98,500 of them. "The number of Chinese applicants has kept increasing, with the number in Shanghai in January seeing an increase of 80 percent over last December to reach a peak of 32,400," Kirby said. "We're expecting an annual growth rate of 16 to 20 percent."
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The Department of State recently launched an expanded "EducationUSA" student advising service to help provide Indonesians with easier access to accurate, credible ...
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The Department of State recently launched an expanded "EducationUSA" student advising service to help provide Indonesians with easier access to accurate, credible information about studying in America. Our Fulbright scholarship program, managed by the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation, was recently renewed for five years by a binational agreement between the governments of the United States and Indonesia to support the exchange of M.A. and Ph.D. students, teachers and scholars. Indonesia has also committed to sending hundreds of promising Indonesians to the U.S. for M.A.'s, Ph.D.'s and research as Fulbrighters over the next four years. The Peace Corps will be returning to Indonesia in July after an absence of more than 40 years. Indonesia has asked that the first group of volunteers comes as English high school teachers and teacher trainers.
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Besides English, which accounts for some 50% of all messages on Twitter, the other most prominent languages on Twitter are Japanese (14% of messages), Portuguese (9%), ...
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Besides English, which accounts for some 50% of all messages on Twitter, the other most prominent languages on Twitter are Japanese (14% of messages), Portuguese (9%), Malay (6%) and Spanish (4%). Looking even further, Italian, Dutch and German each account for 1% – 2% of all messages on Twitter.
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