The Institute of International Education (IIE), together with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, released the latest news on international students in the United States and U.S. students studying abroad. The Open Doors findings were the topic of a briefing on November 13 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, with Assistant Secretary of State Ann Stock and IIE President Allan Goodman, in conjunction with the worldwide observance of International Education Week.  The event included a presentation of the data and a lively conversation about international education among the assembled group of more than 200 educators, US and foreign government representatives, international associations, and members of the press.

To access the new data and background information to help explain the trends, go to www.iie.org/opendoors. 

On the Open Doors website, you can find: 

-    Key data tables for both study abroad and international student statistics for the last 10 years

-    Country Fact Sheets with trends for the top 25 sending countries

-    State Fact Sheets for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia

-    The PowerPoint presentation and audio recording from the Open Doors briefing on November 13

-    A link to the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging students to study abroad 

-    And visit the Open Doors multimedia page again later this week to see photos and videos of the briefing. 

As you may have seen, this year’s news on international educational exchange has received very strong press coverage nationally and internationally. We have also seen good local coverage, no doubt thanks to the good work of individual campuses working to promote their own statistics and activities.  Congratulations to all, and we hope your international education week is going well.

Here are links to a few major news stories, and you will be able to see more clips on our "In the News" page as the week goes on.

AP News Wire story – this has been published in major newspapers across the country

www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-colleges-foreign-students-17695848 

USA Today 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

www.chronicle.com/article/China-Continues-to-Drive/135700/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en 

LA Times