In the most recent post on IIE's Opening Minds blog, Daniela Kaisth, Vice President for Strategic Development, writes that "IIE has convened more than 33 universities and other organizations to provide over $1.3 million in scholarships for Syrian students and host Syrian scholars through the IIE Syria Consortium for Higher Education in Crisis. In September at the Clinton Global Initiative, IIE joined with Jusoor, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and EducationUSA-Syria to mobilize emergency support for threatened Syrian students and scholars."

To read the full blog, please visit: www.iie.org/Blog/2012/November/Syria-ESF. 

The Institute of International Education (IIE) European Office is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2012 IIE Europe Award for Excellence. This year the award will be presented to Anthony C. Gooch on December 7th in recognition of his establishment and continued support of the Klein Family Scholarships, which provide full financial support to talented Hungarian students to study at Sewanee: The University of the South.

Mr. Gooch, a retired partner with over forty years of experience at the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, based in New York, has written and co-authored numerous books and articles on documentation for financial derivative products and loan documentation.

The Klein Family Scholarships were conceived of in 2003 by Mr. Gooch’s late wife, Linda B. Klein, who was of Hungarian descent on her father’s side. The scholarships are permanently endowed by gifts to the University of the South made by Ms. Klein herself and by Mr. Gooch and others to honor her memory. The University generously provides partial matching of ongoing gifts and the endowment income, which makes the program possible.

One four-year full scholarship is offered each year to a high school student from Hungary or from another Central or Eastern European country, to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree at Sewanee: The University of the South. The Institute of International Education’s European Office conducts the program outreach and manages the prescreening process for the Klein Family Scholarships.

For more information, visit: www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2012/11-19-2012-IIE-Europe-Award-For-Excellence. 

The U.S. Department of Education has released its online version of the International Strategy document: Succeeding Globally through International Education and Engagement. The publication affirms the Department's commitment to preparing today's youth, and our country more broadly, for a globalized world, and to engaging with the international community to improve education. It is fully integrated with the Department's domestic agenda and designed to simultaneously attain two strategic goals: strengthen U.S. education and advance our nation's international priorities.

The strategy, which the Department has already begun to implement, will be used to guide the Department's activities and allocation of resources to reflect the highest priority and most strategic topics, parts of the world, and activities.  

To read or download, please visit: 

www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/internationaled/international-strategy-2012-16.pdf.

An article in The Economic Times blog compares trends of the Chinese and Indian higher education systems. Dr. Rahul Choudaha, Director of Research and Advisory Service at World Education Service, notes that "the Indian higher education system is highly concentrated at the undergraduate (bachelor’s) degree level. As a proportion of the total student enrollment in higher education, India has nearly 75% of all its students pursuing a bachelor’s degree as compared to 43% for China and half for the U.S. This clearly has implications on growth directions, expectations and outcomes for higher education."

The full article is available at www.ow.ly/f4H0X.

The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) launched their weekly blog, Without Borders, during International Education Week. The blog serves as a springboard to the celebration of people and the discussion of themes in international education in Canada and across the globe. Without Borders aims to provide CBIE members and the broader community with the insights of leaders in a range of spheres on matters of importance in international education. Guest bloggers will include thought leaders from various fields and sectors, and experts within CBIE’s membership and professional staff. 

To read the inaugural blog, written by His Excellency the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston, please visit: www.cbie-bcei.ca/?p=10160/. 

Please send questions, feedback or topic ideas to communications@cbie.ca.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) was awarded USAID’s Democracy Fellows and Grants (DFG) Program, funded through USAID’s Center for Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG), in September 2012. USAID’s Democracy Fellows Program was initiated first in 1995 to promote democratic practices in emerging and transitional democracies by placing experienced DRG professionals within USAID. The current DFG program, effective from September 2012 – September 2017, is designed 1) to develop a pool of committed professionals at the junior, mid-, and senior levels; 2) to strengthen relations between USAID and academic, think tank, and research organizations; and 3) to promote research and innovative solutions to DRG programs. 

The program offers two types of opportunities to engage experts, students, and academic institutions in supporting USAID programming and policy: 

1) fellowships to junior, mid-level, and senior DRG professionals and 

2) grants to academic or research institutions working in the DRG fields. 

The fellowships include full-time Democracy Fellows as salaried IIE positions with benefits, as well as short-term Fellows, part-time Fellows, and Interns in order to allow scholars or students with long-term commitments to other academic and research institutions also to contribute to building USAID’s technical leadership in democracy promotion. Please visit the DFG site for more information on the program.  

IIE is actively recruiting for an Atrocities Prevention Fellow, a part-time fellowship working for the Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) within the Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau (DCHA). The application deadline is Wednesday, December 19, 2012. For more information about this position, please go to: www.iie.org/Programs/USAID-Democracy-Fellows-and-Grants-Program/Fellowship/Available-Fellowships#Atrocities-Prevention. 

IIE also encourages qualified fellowship candidates to submit applications on a rolling basis, at the following link: www.iie.org/Programs/USAID-Democracy-Fellows-and-Grants-Program/Fellowship/How-to-Apply. IIE will retain all eligible applications on file for one year, and accepted candidates will be considered for future fellowships in their areas of expertise.  

More information on the DFG grants program will be available on the DFG site in the coming months.  

Dell Social Innovation Challenge acts as an educational innovation community where university students, academia, primary/K12 educators, mentors, judges and fellow students from around the globe can network, share best practices and inspire each other to create social change. The Dell Social Innovation Challenge rewards university students who develop innovative ideas to transform society and offers $350,000 in prizes and awards to help students put their ideas into action. Any undergrad or graduate student in any field of study, from any country, can post all of their innovative ideas on dellchallenge.org for a challenge. Both nonprofit and for-profit ideas are eligible.

For more information on this program, visit the www.dellchallenge.org. 

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law is seeking exceptionally qualified candidates to serve as O’Neill Institute Law Fellows. Housed at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., the O’Neill Institute is a leading research institute for health law. For more details about O’Neill and its ongoing work visit: www.oneillinstitute.org.

Fellows work on academic legal research and scholarly projects. Duties include working closely with faculty to produce scholarly works for publication, in some cases leading to joint publication. Fellowship terms are one year, with possible extension to two years, and will begin in Fall 2013. Fellows receive an annual salary of $65,000 with outstanding benefits.

Candidates must have a J.D. degree (or the equivalent), exceptional academic credentials including publications, and health law-related research interests in areas like public health law, global health law, domestic health care law, empirical studies, regulatory impacts on health, health and human rights. Successful candidates will have knowledge and/or experience in aspects of national and/or global health law and ethics. A post-graduate degree (M.P.H., LL.M.) or significant work experience is preferred.

Applications must include: CV, cover letter, writing sample, professional references, official law school transcripts and other graduate school transcripts (if applicable). Any questions about the position should be directed to oneillinstitute@law.georgetown.edu.