Open Doors 2008
New data from Open Doors 2008: Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, show that the number of U.S. students studying abroad and the number of international students in the United States are both at a record high. The total international student enrollment in U.S. higher education increased by 7% this year, to an all time high of 623,805. There was an even stronger increase — of 10% — in the number of "new" international students, those enrolled for the first time at a U.S. college or university in fall 2008. Study abroad by U.S. students is up by 8%, to a record high total of 241,791 in the 2006/07 academic year, and students are continuing to go to more diverse destinations. This latest increase marks a decade of unprecedented growth in the number of American students receiving academic credit for their overseas academic experience, with an increase of close to 150%, from under 100,000 in 1996/97 to nearly a quarter of a million in 2006/07. For comprehensive Open Doors data including breakouts by state and by country, please visit www.opendoors.iienetwork.org.
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IIE Releases Higher Education on the Move. The report, published by IIE with support from the AIFS Foundation, explores student and scholar mobility. | More information >>
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IIE New Leaders Group Benefit May 4th. The event, A Celebration of Fulbright, will honor Alberto Vitale and Fulbright Filmmaker Nathan Collett.
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IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund Releases New Report at a Forum at the United Nations
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New IIE White Paper on Promoting Study Abroad in Science and Technology
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New IIE White Paper on Study Abroad to Arab World
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Women Fulbrighters from Sub-Saharan African Convene in New Mexico
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Foreign Fulbrighters Convene in Rhode Island
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Foreign Fulbrighters Convene in Tennessee
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HCT and IIE Host Education Without Borders Forum On October 21, the UAE's Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) and IIE will host the first North American Regional Forum of Education Without Borders.
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New IIE/AIFS Foundation Report Released: U.S.-China Educational Exchange
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New Study Abroad White Paper Released
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Scholar Rescue Fund Director Interview on America.gov
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4th Annual Victor J. Goldberg IIE Prize for Peace in the Middle East Awarded.
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New IIE Briefing Paper Released
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In the News: Fulbright Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education A special feature on the Fulbright Program highlights the program’s emphasis on diversity. It also includes the lists of "Top Producing" schools - those that had the highest number of students who received Fulbright grants for 2008-09.
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View IIE's new Annual Report to see highlights of the Institute's work. We invite you to learn about the impact of IIE programs, and the students, scholars and professionals who participated in them over the past year.
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IIE News
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Article by IIE President Allan E. Goodman featured in the August issue of eJournal USA
Article by IIE President Allan E. Goodman featured in the August issue of eJournal USA
IIE President Allan E. Goodman’s byline appears in this month's edition of eJournal USA, a publication of the U.S. Department of State, in an article about why international students should come to the U.S. for higher education.
"In an ever-changing world, being a global citizen requires constant adaptation to new ideas and circumstances," writes Goodman. "This is why the process of transformation that foreign students experience as part of a U.S. education is so important: It prepares you for the constant transformation that will be required in a 21st-century career."
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IIE/DC Hosts Roundtable Discussion of Global Student and Scholar Mobility
To listen to the discussion and remarks, click here >>
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IIE President Allan Goodman on "Smart Power in the Obama Administration: The Role of International Education and Exchange"
To listen to the discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,
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IIE President Allan Goodman Addresses Middlebury College Language School, Receives Honorary Degree
To read Dr. Goodman's commencement address,
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IIE President Allan Goodman Speaks at MIT
On April 4 Dr. Goodman delivered a speech entitled "If the World is Flat, What are We Still Doing in Cambridge?" His speech addressed "the opportunity or challenge of globalization" and the shortfall in capacity for educating "the 200 million or so people who will be trying to attend universities by 2025". View full speech >>
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IIE president Allan Goodman presents testimony on student visas to the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
IIE President and CEO Allan Goodman was invited to present testimony to the House Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Research and Science Education hearing on February 7, 2008, regarding the visa process for foreign science and engineering students and scholars. Read the full article.
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Open Doors Briefing Podcast Now Available for Download
View video clips from the Open Doors Briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, including presentations by IIE executive staff and researchers, and opening remarks by Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs, Karen Hughes. View the Podcasts
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Contact Information
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Sharon Witherell
Director, Public Affairs
switherell@iie.org
(212) 984-5380
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Experts
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IIE experts on international education are available for interview or speaking engagements:
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Allan E. Goodman
President and CEO
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Peggy Blumenthal
Executive Vice President
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