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Inside the Numbers How Foreign Students Contribute $18.8 Billion to U.S. EconomyBy Jason Baumgartner NAFSA’s latest annual economic impact statements estimate that international students at U.S. colleges and universities contributed $18.8 billion to this country’s economy during the 2009 2010

Inspired Study Abroad Alumna Becomes Student Mentor“I’ll never have the chance to travel and learn like this again” said Gabrielle Langmann, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, when explaining why she was determined to study abroad. Even with her

Why We Shouldn't Stop Funding Educational ExchangesIf we are able to observe in the afterlife the accuracy of the statements that we made while on Earth, there must be no one more blessed with eternal happiness than the Spanish philosopher

Secretary Ann Stock Congratulates Bill and Melinda Gates While Touting the Fulbright VisionAt a ceremony at the Library of Congress last Friday, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock congratulated this year’s recipients of the J.

50 Years Later Personal and National Lessons from the Peace CorpsFifty years ago today, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, in now famous remarks, challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country by volunteering a year or two

A Roundtable of Obama Administration Heavy Hitters Talk Development and Education An impressive assemblage of Obama Administration higher ups gathered for a roundtable discussion last week at the annual U.S. Global Leadership Coalition conference, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,

Ireland Launches Five Year International Education Strategy By Kevin Dillon Last week, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen launched an ambitious new plan to establish Ireland as a hub of international education. With the aim of expanding international students in higher

International Education Spotlight West VirginiaBy Clark Egnor Internationalizing a college campus is not easy work, but in a state like West Virginia where we have so many financial, cultural, and demographic challenges, it’s especially challenging. For example, study abroad is

Personal Stories from Connecting Our World Part 3 Last month, we issued a call for your stories about international education and said we would share the best on the NAFSA blog. We’ve featured stories from Christine and Bonnie this week,

Personal Stories from Connecting Our World Part 2Last month, we issued a call for your stories about international education. This week, we are featuring some of the best on the NAFSA blog. You can read all of the stories on