IIE’s efforts to assist Syrian students and scholars were the subject of an article published in print in the International Herald Tribune on December 31, and online on the New York Times website. The article discusses the effort to provide emergency assistance to students and scholars from Syria, and notes that IIE will soon launch an online portal to connect students from Syria with universities and organizations offering scholarships and assistance. 

To read the article, please go to: www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/world/middleeast/31iht-educside31.html

Thank you to all the higher education institutions and other organizations that have joined the IIE Syria Consortium for Higher Education in Crisis. We hope more institutions around the world will join this effort. More information can be found at: www.iie.org/syria