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Salman Rushdie to Keynote Kansas City ConferenceWe are pleased to announce that renowned novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie will be the keynote speaker at the opening plenary of NAFSA’s 2010 conference in Kansas City. Widely considered one of the most

Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies The Picture in the MidwestContinuing our series this week examining the impact of foreign students on local economies and highlighting real life stories about their presence on campuses and communities around the country, we

Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies The Picture in the Southern StatesAll this week, the NAFSA blog will take a closer look at the impact of foreign students on state economies and feature real life stories about the positive impact

Guest Post Building a Better Business – and Changing Lives – Through Educational ExchangeBy Danny O'Neill Danny O'Neill is Bean Baron – and president owner – of The Roasterie in Kansas City, MO. Last month he participated in a roundtable

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The Best Education the World Can Offer Is the Three Year Degree the Way of the Future?Lamar Alexander gets real with U.S. higher education in last week's Newsweek cover article, "The Three Year Solution," calling for a more nimble and

NAFSA and Women's Foreign Policy Group Host Author Dr. Allison StangerOn Tuesday, NAFSA was pleased to host Dr. Allison Stanger for the latest installment of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group author series. Stanger, who is Director of the Rohatyn Center

Moving Forward Toward a Common FutureUN Ambassador Susan Rice, in remarks to the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem yesterday, urged the international community to embrace a common responsibility to rise to today’s challenges and opportunities. Most of the coverage of

American Global Leadership and the Nobel Peace PrizeNAFSA released this statement today NAFSA congratulates President Obama on the occasion of his being named this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As the President has said, this honor is not

The Olympics and Why Bad Experiences at U.S. Borders are More “Harrowing” Than You ThinkIn his pitch to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen last week, President Obama spoke about what he sees as the enduring value of the Olympic