New Strategies for Engaging with Libya

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On May 21, the Institute of International Education and EducationUSA hosted a national conference call with more than 100 U.S. higher education institutions, government agencies, NGOs, and other organizations on "U.S.-Libya Educational Cooperation: New Strategies for Engaging with Libya to Promote Higher Education Cooperation." The call, hosted by IIE's President and CEO Allan E. Goodman, featured Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the President of the United States, and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, National Security Council; Joan A. Polaschik, Charge d’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States, Libya; Dr. Naim Al Gheryani, Libyan Minister of Higher Education; and Dr. Fathi Alkhari, Deputy Minister, Libyan Ministry of Higher Education. The call also featured high-level participation from the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Libyan Ministry of Higher Education.

The IIE-EducationUSA National Conference Call focused on U.S. and Libyan efforts to expand education cooperation; the challenges and opportunities to educational cooperation between the two countries; the current and future interest of U.S. higher education institutions in U.S.-Libya academic partnerships; and the Libyan scholarship program.

To learn more and listen to a recording of the call, please visit: www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Events/2012/National-Conference-Call-Libya-2012.

Special IIE Partnership Initiative on Libya
The IIE Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education will be launching a Special Partnership Initiatives focusing on Libya. This program is likely to occur in 2013. Similar to the International Academic Partnership Program, this special Libya Initiative will select a group of U.S. higher education institutions to participate in an accelerated strategic planning process for developing institutional partnerships with Libya. The program will also include a study tour to Libya. For more information and to complete the Interest Form, please visit: www.iie.org/Programs/International-Academic-Partnership-Program/Special-Partnership-Initiatives.