Don’t miss this last chance to apply for the New Zealand Partnership Program! This is a unique partnership with Education New Zealand, a Generation Study Abroad country partner. The program, which will begin in June, seeks to increase academic collaboration between U.S. higher education institutions and New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs). ITPs are institutions of higher education that combine theoretical teaching with practical, hands-on experience through industry projects, work placements and internships. The program will include a study tour to New Zealand at the end of August with visits to six ITPs and attendance at the New Zealand International Education Conference 2016. The application is open to all accredited colleges and universities in the United States. This program is brought to you at the significantly reduced rate of $6,000 per institution. The fee includes all program and in-country costs for two representatives from your institution.

The 2016 IIE Summit on Generation Study Abroad will take place on October 23-25, 2016 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC to bring education, government and business leaders and journalists together for action-oriented discussion on how to ensure international experience is a key part of a 21st century education and make study abroad opportunities available to all. The 2016 IIE Summit is part of IIE’s Generation Study Abroad®, a five year initiative to double the number of U.S. students studying abroad by the end of the decade. Generation Study Abroad seeks to significantly increase and diversify participation by bringing higher education institutions, employers, governments, K-12 teachers, associations, and others together to build on current best practices and find new ways to extend study abroad opportunities and resources to tens of thousands of college students whose needs are not currently served by existing study abroad programs. The Summit will continue to push the envelope to change how we think and "do" study abroad as we work together to achieve our ambitious goal of doubling by the end of the decade.

The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce that the new IIENetwork Handbook for International Educators has just been published. The 200-page Handbook includes comprehensive listings and resources for networking and internationalizing your campus. The Handbook is also available in electronic format for IIE members.

The 2016 IIENetwork Handbook is a practical tool for higher education institutions that includes resources on:

     •IIE Research and Publications

     •Support for Study Abroad

     •Resources for Internationalizing the Campus

     •Scholarship Programs Overview

     •Developing Strategic International Partnerships

The publication also includes comprehensive listings and contact information for:

     •More than 7,000 professionals at over 1,300 higher education institutions who are IIE members

     •EducationUSA Regional Educational Advising Coordinators

     •Fulbright Commissions worldwide

     •IIE domestic and overseas offices

The membership contact at each IIENetwork member institution will receive one complimentary copy of the publication in the mail, and all member designees can access the password-protected online version. To order additional copies of the IIENetwork Handbook, please go to: iiebooks.org/iihaforined1.html. For more information, contact membership@iie.org.

In the recent IIENetworker magazine, Fulbright Campus Liaison Daris Hale writes about Texas State University’s Academic Affairs Policy and procedures, which provides an example of the way in which an institution promotes global research collaboration and teaching abroad through policies that protect faculty benefits and salary. "The environment it creates provides fertile ground for our academic travelers allowing faculty to build international capacity," writes Hale.