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Getting It Right: The Need for a National Dialogue on Comprehensive...
There have been some interesting discussions recently about the future of internationalization of U.S. higher education. From more than one quarter, including a recent NAFSA task force last fall, it...
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Germany and the Competition for Globally Mobile Students
I still vividly remember the trip to Germany during which I learned that some higher education institutions there were offering course work, and in some cases entire degrees, in English as well as in...
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Is Having a Global Mindset as Important as Technical Skills in Today’s Economy?
Last week, I attended The New Work Era Summit hosted by The Atlantic. Although international education was not the main focus of the event, there was a short conversation about the need for employees...
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Campus Presidents’ Day Grapples with Strategic Challenges in...
College and university leaders from 10 countries met during NAFSA’s 5th annual Campus Presidents’ Day on Monday and Tuesday this week to explore the challenges of promoting comprehensive...
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Reflections from Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee
Liberian activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee recalled being at a U.S. airport recently and being questioned about why she had a Liberian passport while her child had a U.S. passport. She...
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Learning and Fun: The Ongoing Path to Advocacy Success
This week we go to Cincinnati to continue our blog series documenting the reflections of the inaugural cohort of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program (GLP). Over the past year, Frank...
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Internationalization in Action: Using NAFSA Webinars to Foster Campus Discussion
As institutions work to internationalize their campuses, gathering leaders from various offices to share ideas can be difficult. NAFSA webinars present a unique opportunity to bring multiple...
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College and University Presidents Gather to Discuss the Importance of...
International Education Week (IEW) got off to a great start this week, and one of NAFSA’s featured events was the Simon Award Presidential Panel and Awards Reception. Each year, NAFSA presents the...
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What the Numbers Say about International Education
New reports released on Tuesday reveal increases across the board in international education participation, a sign that higher education is recognizing and promoting the value of educational exchange....
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The Role of International Exchange in the Trilateral Partnership of Japan,...
Japan and South Korea hold top 10 spots for the number of students they have studying in the United States. However, when it comes to the number of U.S. students studying in Japan and South Korea, they...
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Celebrating the Best of Internationalization
“Internationalization really is as much about our own backyard as it is across the oceans,” says Richard Carpenter, chancellor of Lone Star College System in Houston, Texas. Lone Star was one of five...
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Global Dialogue on the Future of Higher Education Internationalization: A...
By Fanta Aw The International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) in January hosted a historic global dialogue on the challenges related to internationalization of higher education and the...
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Simon Award Winners Discuss What Sets Their Institutions Apart
Internationalization is increasingly becoming a central tenet of university missions and successful institutions innovate unique solutions worthy of recognition. The NAFSA Senator Paul Simon Award for...
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International for What?
Last week, NAFSA published a Trends & Insights essay, Welcome to the Era of “Global Competition 2.0,” which described how rankings drive intense competition between research universities pursuing a...
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How to Dialogue with the “Other”
Civil discourse and constructive dialogue seem to have vanished from our collective experience. As the political debates get uglier and become increasingly excruciating to even pay attention to, I...
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