In order to increase outbound student numbers, U.S. educators need to change their approach to study abroad “to work in the context of the U.S.,” according to Fanta Aw, President of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, as reported by PIE News.
The Alliance for International Exchange Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Ilir Zherka as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective January 1, 2016.
We are very pleased to announce that the Alliance is three words and nine syllables lighter. After a vote of the full membership that concluded last week’s Membership Meeting, we are now the Alliance for International Exchange!
We will begin using our new name immediately, though we thank you for bearing with us as we go through the process of transitioning all of our materials to the new name. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to our continued work together as the Alliance for International Exchange!
The benefits of a summer abroad on disadvantaged inner city youth is the subject of a new documentary that premiered on PBS last month and was recently discussed in the Washington Post. The documentary, Beyond the Wall , followed four D.C.
Study abroad gives students a “leg up” in the job market, a panel of executives and corporate leaders confirmed at the recent inaugural Summit on Generation Study Abroad hosted by the Institute of International Education (IIE), USA Today and The PIE News report.