International Education in the News

World Education News & Reviews Special Issue: Countries in Turmoil – World Education News & Reviews

This issue examines the impact of crises on students and their mobility, and provides research-based recommendations for institutions seeking to understand and aid those coming from some of the most tumultuous regions in the world.

Sowing the Seeds of Syria’s Future – Project Syndicate

Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and Chair of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, discusses IIE’s Syria Consortium for Higher Education in Crisis and Emergency Student Funds and how they are working with the support of an organization led by Syrian expatriates to overcome the obstacles to higher education.

 

Chinese Students in the U.S. Face Culture and Social Barriers (Video) – CCTV

Students from China represent about one-third of the 1 million international students on U.S. college campuses today. IIE’s Peggy Blumenthal talks about what U.S. campuses are doing to help Chinese students integrate into campus life and classrooms.