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In early March 2012, the Institute of International Education (IIE) hosted the Seventh Annual Best Practices in Internationalization Conference. Along with the 2012 winners of the Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education,experts in the field presented “successful…

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) recently announced  the program’s enforcement of the Accreditation of English Language Training Programs Act (Accreditation Act) that impacts international students attending English Language training programs of study, such as English as a…

Inside Higher Ed reports that a recent study conducted by the Council of Graduate Students (CGS) showed that the number of graduate applications from outside the Unites States, particularly China, continues to rise at universities in the United States. Nathan Bell, the CGS director for research and…

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s newly announced Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC), which recently held its first meeting in Washington, D.C.  The committee’s 19 members are leaders in the…