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Talent and OpportunityTalent is universal, but opportunity is not. How can one play a role in connecting talent with opportunity? In the Thursday plenary speech of NAFSA’s 2013 Annual Conference, Rye Barcott shared his insights on this question. Insights he

Community Colleges InnovateCommunity colleges often face more challenges than four year colleges and universities when trying to expand international offerings. Funding may be difficult to obtain, and business leaders and trustees are likely to make the institutions focus on meeting

Hard to Believe It's Almost OverBy Stephen Ferst I’m looking over the #nafsa13 and #IamIE tweets and it’s incredible to see all of the activity that has taken place this past week. Hard to keep up with it. Last night

Dr Q From Harvest to Hopkins Last Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance an immigration reform bill that would place 11 million undocumented immigrants on a path to citizenship. A path Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa forged for himself nearly

What Would You Do with $30 million?By Stephen Ferst I want to start the day by congratulating Masume Assaf and Philip Altbach, winners of the Higbee and Houlihan awards. They have both contributed so much to the field and to

Forging a Convention for Crimes Against HumanityIt may surprise some to know the United States is not one of the 122 sovereign states which have ratified or agreed to the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC). "When I go

NAFSA Announces 2013 Video Contest WinnerOn Wednesday morning at the Annual Business Meeting, NAFSA President and Chair Fanta Aw announced that the video submitted by the United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) was voted the winner of NAFSA's 2013 International

Kofi Annan You Are Preparing Young People for LeadershipAre we equipping young people with the skills they need to succeed in today’s interconnected world? This was a question posed by Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations and

Facing Dramatic Change in Higher EducationThe Pony Express was a revolutionary system established in 1860 from Missouri to California that reduced letter delivery time from 22 to 10 days. The network of horses, riders, and stables expedited mail service in

Halfway Done and Still So Much To DoBy Stephen Ferst Wow With the opening of the Expo Hall, welcoming more than 8,300 people, and hearing Kofi Annan inspire us, (yep, I got to sneak in a photo with him too),