"The field of international affairs and public policy has never been more exciting, or more important. Here at IIPP, tomorrow's minority leaders in global affairs define their goals and acquire the skills needed to achieve them. No other program in the country has a setting like this."
Darryl Crompton
IIPP Director
Our name is IIPP
IIPP Fellow Hector Andrews, Cohort 10, at a recent IIPP program update in Washington D.C.
Our business is minority education and leadership
Mission:
IIPP serves to enhance US national security and global competitiveness by promoting excellence, international service, and awareness among a broader, more representative cross-section of the American citizenry. We prepare a cadre of well-trained, language proficient minority young people to compete in the global marketplace. IIPP helps ensure that those entrusted with the affairs of the United States (foreign as well as domestic) reflect the diversity that defines us as Americans and confronts us as citizens of the global village.
IIPP Fellowships:
With 14 years of demonstrated excellence as the leading provider of international affairs and public policy education for underserved minority college students, IIPP has educated and trained almost 300 International Affairs Fellows. Our focus is on providing quality education and practice opportunities to minority students beginning in their sophomore year of college. We offer these opportunities through our required five-year sequenced six-component program including:
Sophomore Summer Policy Institute (SSPI)
Junior Year Study Abroad (JYSA)
Junior Summer Policy Institute (JSPI)
Summer Language Institute (SLI)
Internships
and a Master's Degree Program in International Affairs
Our unique combination of short 7-week summer global policy institutes: a unique study abroad program focusing on global public policy, service and research; and a pro-active and culturally sensitive approach to minority education that fosters international service and non-profit sector leadership provides IIPP with the means to meet the needs of its diverse students - and help them succeed.
IIPP also provides outreach, recruitment and technical assistance services, as well as offering HBCUs and other minority institutions valuable resources to strengthen their international studies and globalization infrastructures.
Professor of History Department and Director of Study Abroad and International Exchange at Spelman College; Co-Director of the IIPP Sophomore Summer Policy Institute.
Matthew Clemons
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
Aaron R. Andrews
President & CEO of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP).
"The field of international affairs and public policy has never been more exciting, or more important. Here at IIPP, tomorrow's minority leaders in global affairs define their goals and acquire the skills needed to achieve them. No other program in the country has a setting like this."
