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IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents By: Shanna Saubert, NAFSA Earlier this year, NAFSA collaborated with the British Council to present the latest two publications in the Council’s Shape of Global Higher Education series, one focused on Europe and the other on the Americas. The

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents Emily Tse is the director of evaluations at International Education Research Foundation (IERF). Prior to joining IERF, she received a bachelor’s of arts in classics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s of philosophy in classics

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents Justin T. Hume is associate director of international admissions at the University of Bridgeport. Where I was born: I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and brought up and traveled across the United States, Europe, Africa, and back to the

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents Rex Cone is admissions international recruiter at Columbia College. Where I live: Columbia, Missouri Where I was born: Orange County, California Family: Wife Jennifer, daughter Gretchen (a sophomore at the University of North Dakota), and son

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents By: Quentin Law Phu, Ithaca College The Transatlantic Friendship and Mobility Initiative (TFMI), a joint declaration made in 2014 by the U.S. Department of State and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents Jenika Heim, EducationUSA 1 Bonjour et bienvenue au Québec! Québec is the only society in North America where French is the sole official language, making it a province with the fighting spirit to maintain language rights and a culture distinct

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents By: Basile Komle Koumi, EducationUSA, U.S. Embassy Lome, Togo Introduction The Francophone African countries have shared characteristics in their educational systems. The most common aspects are their French colonial background, centralized

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents By: Salma Benhaida, Kent State University Morocco is a North African middle-income country with a population of 35 million. The country is slightly larger in area than California. In terms of outbound student mobility, the nation is the top

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents By: Meg Wenger, Educational Credential Evaluators As former French colonies, the educational systems of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia initially followed the French model. Over the past 60 years, the systems have changed to reflect national and

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 18, Fall Issue | Table of Contents The Fall 2018 edition of IEM Spotlight explored the educational systems found in various Anglophone countries. Now, a year later in the Fall 2019 edition, we explore the educational systems found in France and other Francophone countries. France