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U.S.-Libya Educational Cooperation
To participate, please register online at: www.iie.org/libyacall. Please note that IIE will contact registrants with detailed dial-in instructions.     Focus Country: India
Length of Program An article in the spring 2012 issue of IIENetworker magazine examines how higher education institutions can foster faculty engagement in internationalization through amending tenure codes and other employment policies. Among the solutions discussed are: allow flexibility for individual departments; grant leave time; prioritize international engagement at the hiring stage; and provide opportunities for non-tenure-track faculty.
To read the full article, please visit: www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/IIEB0112/index.php#/26. Theme: "Strategic International Enrollment Management"
Deadline for Submission: June 15th, 2012 IIENetworker, the international education magazine of the Institute of International Education (IIE), invites submissions for publication in its upcoming Fall 2012 issue. The theme of the fall issue of IIENetworker will be: "Strategic International Enrollment Management." International Enrollment Management (IEM) has increasingly become a crucial component of an institution’s overall internationalization strategy. IEM offers an operational plan that higher education institutions can implement to help recruit, admit, and retain international students. With the continued increase of international student enrollment in the United States and around the world, having an IEM strategy in place is essential. This issue of the IIENetworker will examine innovative ways that colleges, universities, and other organizations have devised and implemented IEM strategies. Proposed articles should focus on: conceiving, developing, and implementing international enrollment strategies; successful models of IEM in action; holistic approaches to IEM; developing IEM strategies that fit your institution’s culture and mission; external influences on IEM (global trends, student mobility, policy-making on the national and international level, etc.); garnering support for IEM at your institution; strategies for dealing with large growth markets; and the relationship of IEM to comprehensive campus internationalization. We are particularly interested in presenting a variety of perspectives from around the globe. Submissions from individuals or institutions around the world are strongly encouraged. Most articles in the magazine will be between 2 and 4 pages (between 1,000 and 1,500 words). Please let us know as soon as possible if you plan to submit an article. The deadline for submission of completed articles is June 15, 2012. The author will be notified as soon as a publication decision is made. If you are interested in submitting an article for the Fall 2012 issue of IIENetworker, please address all inquiries to: Editor, IIENetworker Institute of International Education Email: lepplin@iie.org Tel: +1.212.984.5374 For more information on IIENetworker, please visit: www.iie.org/iienetworker. The Institute of International Education (IIE) is seeking a Director of their U.S. Student Programs division.
The Director manages the operations for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, including overseeing the annual competition and screening of applications by IIE-developed panels of academic specialists; and manages non-Fulbright U.S. student programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including the Freeman-Asia scholarships, the Global Engineering Educational Exchange program, the Whitaker Foundation Fellowships in bio-medical engineering, and others. The Director is responsible for all budget, management, administrative, and compliance functions of the division, and oversees a staff of approximately 17 employees. The ideal candidate will have a master's degree or equivalent academic degree in a related field and a minimum of 10 years of experience with at least 5 years of experience managing programs and staff; substantial experience and knowledge of the U.S. higher education community as well as U.S. study abroad developments, issues, and directions; and in-depth knowledge of U.S. higher education systems and international educational issues. They will also have direct experience with budgeting and financial administration including grant management, both at the grantee and award levels, financial reporting, understanding financial spreadsheets, etc.; and experience with representing an organization to outside audiences and sophisticated presentation skills. To apply for this position, please go to www.iie.org/careers. Conferences
Opening New Frontiers: US-India Cooperation in Higher Education
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Conference Registration Fee: $150.00 Tying It All Together: Internationalization, Excellence, Funding and the Social Dimension in Higher Education
Helsinki, Finland June 10-12, 2012 Early-Bird Registration Deadline: May 15, 2012 Internationalization and mobility are high on the agenda these days. But what is its relationship to other important concerns in the tertiary sector? Does internationalization reinforce the pursuit of excellence, or does excellence generate internationalization? How does internationalization relate to social concerns? Is a socially inclusive university also automatically an "internationalized" one? What is the relationship between mobility and internationalization and the funding of higher education? Can only rich universities be truly international? Or can universities become rich through internationalization? These are some of the questions at the center of this year’s Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) Annual Conference. The 2012 Annual Conference will be organized in collaboration with ACA's Finnish member CIMO, and will take place in Helsinki. The conference brings together a select group of leading thinkers. They will address the potential synergies between four hotly debated issues in global higher education: internationalization and mobility, excellence, funding, and the social dimension. In addressing these issues, the conference will take a "holistic view" and explore their relevance to one another. The full program, along with registration information, can be found at www.aca-secretariat.be/index.php?id=561. Deadlines
Application Deadline: June 10, 2012
The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United States in partnership with Kazakhstan's Airline Company "Air Astana," Kazakh Travel Agency Sayat, and the U.S.-based Russian American Travel Agencies Association (RATA) has initiated a fellowship that offers two eligible students from accredited universities in the U.S. a weeklong trip to explore the three major cities of Kazakhstan during the period of August 6-12 2012. The fellowship aims to make Americans more familiar with Kazakhstan, in particular in such areas as business opportunities and science and technology development. All expenses will be paid for with the exception of food costs and other incidentals. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are either undergraduate or graduate students of accredited universities in the United States with a GPA of 3.3 or higher. To be considered, applicants are required to submit a 500-word abstract on the topic: "Discovering New Kazakhstan: Bringing U.S. Innovations to Kazakhstan to Develop Kazakhstan-U.S. Science and Technology Partnership." The abstract must be submitted along with at least three sources. During the weeklong trip to Kazakhstan, two selected fellows will be working on developing the abstract into a 2,500-word research piece. Within ten days after the trip, fellows will be required to submit their completed works. All materials must be submitted to Washington@kazakhembus.com by June 10, 2012. If you have questions, please contact Anuar Kurzhikayev at A.Kurzhikayev@mfa.kz. The Committee will announce the name of the selected fellows on June 18th, 2012. Scholar Rescue Fund
To mark its 10th anniversary this year, IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) is featuring the inspiring stories of 10 threatened scholars whose lives and academic work have been saved by the Fund. The second scholar to be featured is Dr. Paul Ndebele, a Zimbabwean scholar of psychology with a research focus on Bioethics who was recently appointed by the Henry Jackson Foundation in Bethesda, Maryland, as a Bioethicist Contractor. Unable to work effectively in the midst of the deteriorating political and economic environment in Zimbabwe, Dr. Ndbele received SRF fellowship support in 2003 to participate in a bioethics fellowship program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Read Dr. Ndbele’s story here: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/posts/paul-ndebele50.php. For the fourth year, an SRF fellow delivered the keynote address at SUNY-Ulster Community College’s Cultural Diversity Day as part of the Scholar Rescue Fund Hite Lecture Series. On April 18th, Dr. Girma Demeke, an internationally renowned linguist, introduced the audience of over 200 SUNY-Ulster undergraduate students and faculty to the cultural heritage of his native Ethiopia.
To read more about Dr. Demeke’s talk, please visit: www.scholarrescuefund.org/pages/posts/srf-scholar-delivers-keynote-address-at-suny-ulster-ldquocultural-diversity-day-2012rdquo175.php. |
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