(IE) is the flagship bimonthly magazine of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. IE maintains the highest standards of intellectual quality, editorial excellence, and design to service its readers who are working worldwide to advance international education and exchange.
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Cover Story
Not So Glacial Changes
Nicole BrananGlobal climate change is fast becoming an issue that involves all global citizens in every nation. Because of its borderless nature, climate change presents the perfect opportunity for international education collaboration.
Features
Degrees of Success
David TobenkinInternational joint- and dual-degree programs are rapidly expanding in number, size, and scope and more institutions are launching them at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The European Model for Joint and Dual Degrees
Going Home, Giving Back
Christopher ConnellInternational students clearly benefit the U.S. economy. But what is the future value of the education these students receive when as measured by the contributions they make when they return home? IE spotlights three former international students who have impacted their home countries and the international community.
A Down-to-Earth Approach to Doing Good
Supplement - First-time Conference Attendees
If you are attending the NAFSA conference for the first time, you are not alone—among the expected 8,000 attendees there will be more than 2,000 newcomers. The opportunities are virtually endless for you to benefit from the conference experience in Washington, D.C., May 25-30, 2008, so don't be shy!
Download the First-timers Brochure (1.6mb )
Other resources for first-time conference attendees will be collected on the NAFSA Web site. Sign up for the "Navigating NAFSA's 2008 Annual Conference and Expo" webinar or plan ahead to make the most of your conference experience before you arrive in D.C.
Departments
In Focus
Reforestation
Eric Anderson
In Brief
- College-Bound Students Desire Education Abroad, Internships, Fluency
- NAFSA Urges Bush to Lift Restrictions on Academic and Family Travel to Cuba
- Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee Releases Final Report
- Duke Windfall to Support International Students
- Newly Updated Immigration Classifications Poster
- Forum on Education Abroad Releases Code of Ethics
- In Memoriam: Robert J. Brennan, Advocate for International Exchange
- Book Notes: Review of A History of U.S. Study Abroad: Beginnings to 1965 By William W. Hoffa
- Opportunities for U.S. Minority Heritage-Seeking Students,
- Stress in International Students Featured in Research Journal
- New e-Publications on Financing Education Abroad
From the Editors
A Human Face for an Environmental ProblemChristopher Murphy
Front Lines
Ten Years of NAFSA Advocacy: Promoting U.S. Soft Power Through Student and Scholar ExchangeVictor C. Johnson
Across Cultures
Entrepreneurship and Technology in EstoniaCharlotte West
Past as Prologue
From Cambodia to Iran: 1970-1979Alan Dessoff
Voices
Mexico Rising: Interview with Vicente Fox, Former Mexican PresidentElaina Loveland
Education Abroad
Faculty Abroad: What Do These Innocents Need to Know?Janet Hulstrand
View from Out Here
Short-Term Abroad with Long-Term BenefitsWilliam Lenz and Joseph Wister
Foreign Student Affairs
Counseling: Forging a Cultural BridgeReji Mathew
Forum
Staying Competitive with EuropeSusanne Forrest