Santa Claus will visit 24-year-old college student Erode Laborde for the first time this year. On the night of Christmas Eve, his host mother will ring bells she keeps ...
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Santa Claus will visit 24-year-old college student Erode Laborde for the first time this year. On the night of Christmas Eve, his host mother will ring bells she keeps by the fireplace to signal Santa is on his way, and in the morning, Laborde will have gifts under the tree and inside his stocking.
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Have you ever been to the Exhibit Hall at National NAFSA conferences and were perhaps a
bit surprised to see that the Germans, Australians, Chinese, British, ...
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Have you ever been to the Exhibit Hall at National NAFSA conferences and were perhaps a
bit surprised to see that the Germans, Australians, Chinese, British, Brazilians, Spanish, and a host of other countries had massive sections of the hall devoted to their countries and their higher education institutions?
Have you ever tried to arrange a place to have meetings with current or prospective exchange partner institutions abroad at NAFSA, having to settle at the last minute to meet under letter "C" on the message boards among the throngs of other lost souls looking for the same thing?
Is the country fair just too short of a time to meet our EducationUSA staff, REACs, and advisers?
Is your institution part of a state or regional consortia for international education (like Study Washington, Destination Indiana, or One Big Campus (in the Philadelphia area) that would like to have a space in the exhibit hall without paying the fees that are required for a 10x10 booth?
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When it comes to immigration and visa policy, it's time for the United States to adopt an approach that embraces the opportunities of a new era in global mobility and ...
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When it comes to immigration and visa policy, it's time for the United States to adopt an approach that embraces the opportunities of a new era in global mobility and supports its economic competitiveness and foreign policy goals, says a NAFSA report released today. A Visa and Immigration Policy for the Brain-Circulation Era: Adjusting to What Happened in the World While We were Making Other Plans urges a comprehensive set of policy actions that will enhance United States' ability to benefit from the important contributions of foreign students and foreign talent.
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A Saginaw Valley State newspaper article describes what is increasingly common at U.S. colleges and universities as a service for both international students settling in ...
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A Saginaw Valley State newspaper article describes what is increasingly common at U.S. colleges and universities as a service for both international students settling in to campus life in America, as well as for U.S. students who are eager to learn about students from other cultures.
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This Penn State University newspaper article discusses the many options international students have during break periods at American colleges & universities. While the ...
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This Penn State University newspaper article discusses the many options international students have during break periods at American colleges & universities. While the thoughts of many Penn Staters dance around home-cooked meals and family traditions, the plans of international students often don't involve going home.
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Cada vez mais estudantes brasileiros vão para universidades dos Estados Unidos e americanos partem para estudar no Brasil. A informação é do Instituto Internacional ...
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Cada vez mais estudantes brasileiros vão para universidades dos Estados Unidos e americanos partem para estudar no Brasil. A informação é do Instituto Internacional de Educação (IIE), órgão ligado ao Departamento de Estado norte-americano e que monitora o total de estudantes estrangeiros em universidades do país.
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For domestic students, coming to Penn might be part of a family tradition or perhaps just a fluke. But for many international students, even coming to the United States ...
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For domestic students, coming to Penn might be part of a family tradition or perhaps just a fluke. But for many international students, even coming to the United States for school often requires careful consideration.
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Success comes to those who labor and wait. But in the case of EJ Hernandez it is more of labor and persistence... Mr. Earl John Ryan M. Hernandez, could not hide his ...
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Success comes to those who labor and wait. But in the case of EJ Hernandez it is more of labor and persistence... Mr. Earl John Ryan M. Hernandez, could not hide his elation and a sense of fulfillment when he knew about his Opportunity Grant application approval. He was so determined that he was willing to do everything to be able to study in the U.S. and fulfill the dream that he is longing for.
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President Obama announced plans last month to "dramatically expand" to 100,000 the number of U.S. students who study in China over the next four years, calling such ...
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President Obama announced plans last month to "dramatically expand" to 100,000 the number of U.S. students who study in China over the next four years, calling such exchanges "a clear commitment to build ties among our people in the steady pursuit of cooperation that will serve our nations, and the world." But Sun, who grew up in China's Jiangxi province, is part of a surge already taking place in the other direction. Last year alone, 98,510 Chinese graduate and undergraduate students poured into U.S. colleges and universities, lured by China's emphasis on academic achievement and the prestige of U.S. higher education.
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A school's size is an important consideration. But so are questions like which programs are strongest and what do the top students go on to do after they graduate? ...
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A school's size is an important consideration. But so are questions like which programs are strongest and what do the top students go on to do after they graduate? Transcript of radio broadcast:
02 December 2009
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Last week, we told you that the number of foreign students in the United States had reached an all-time high. More than six hundred seventy-one thousand foreign students attended an American college or university during the last school year. So says the latest report from the Institute of International Education. Many international students choose large schools. But a growing number of them are attending smaller ones.
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Wausau_MyFox-Wausua - Foreign students and their families contributed nearly 18 billion dollars to the U.S Economy during the 2008-2009 academic year. Thats according to ...
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Wausau_MyFox-Wausua - Foreign students and their families contributed nearly 18 billion dollars to the U.S Economy during the 2008-2009 academic year. Thats according to a recent report from the Association of International Educators. Statewide, they say foreign students and their families are contributing close to 200 million dollars to Wisconsin's Economy.
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Listen online to a lively radio discussion of international education topics that was broadcast on the Voice of America worldwide English language service, featuring ...
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Listen online to a lively radio discussion of international education topics that was broadcast on the Voice of America worldwide English language service, featuring IIE's Peggy Blumenthal and the U.S. Department of State's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs, Alina Romanowski, on the topic of international students coming to America, study abroad, and the advantages of U.S. higher education and how EducationUSA promotes it and help make it accessible to international students. The speakers also discussed the growth of the Fulbright and Gilman programs, which IIE administers for the U.S. Department of State. This special half-hour segment of "Encounter", VOA's public affairs/critical issues discussion program, was broadcast around the world five times over the weekend of November 28-29.
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Mumbai: In the academic year 2008-09, 103,260 students from India were studying in the United States (up 9.2% from the previous year), about 15.1% were undergraduate ...
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Mumbai: In the academic year 2008-09, 103,260 students from India were studying in the United States (up 9.2% from the previous year), about 15.1% were undergraduate students, 68.8% graduate, 1.7% other and 14.4% OPT (Optional Practical Training). The graph for Indian students enrolling in American universities for graduate studies continues point upward.So why does the USA continue to be popular education destination?
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In the weeks leading up to International Education Week 2009, Embassy Oslo became an official EducationUSA Center. For the actual International Education Week, the Public ...
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In the weeks leading up to International Education Week 2009, Embassy Oslo became an official EducationUSA Center. For the actual International Education Week, the Public Affairs Section (PAS) invited Rosie Edmond, Assistant Director of the International Legal Studies Program at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington DC, to Norway to participate in a week-long series of seminars and events about studying in the U.S. Among other things, PAS organized two very successful Masters of Law seminars in Oslo and Bergen, giving more than 100 Norwegian law students and practitioners information about LL.M. opportunities in the States, as well as practical “how to” knowledge about the application process. In addition to having Ms. Edmond give a thorough presentation on LL.M. studies, PAS also invited an LL.M. alum, representatives from the Fulbright Foundation, the Norway-America Association, the Norwegian Standardized Test Center and the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund so that the participants would receive sufficient information about all aspects of earning an LL.M. degree in the U.S.
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This announcement provides details and application instructions for the following 2010 programs:
Option I. Spring 2010 USBT Program (April 15-21) – Transportation, ...
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This announcement provides details and application instructions for the following 2010 programs:
Option I. Spring 2010 USBT Program (April 15-21) – Transportation, housing and meal per diem paid by grant funds; cost-sharing encouraged.
Option II. Fall 2010 USBT Program (October 31 – November 5) – Transportation, housing and meal per diem paid by grant funds; cost-sharing encouraged.
Option III. June 2010 post-NAFSA-conference campus tours (June 5-11, 2010 flexible dates) – Transportation to/from primary tour location covered; housing and meal per diem must be contributed by hosting institution(s) as cost-sharing.
Option IV. 2010 EducationUSA Explore program (August/September 2010) - Transportation covered; grant funds are available to cover some adviser/institution expenses; cost-sharing encouraged
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