Relationship Cultivation

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 As Iraq continues to grapple with instability, higher education has a growing strategic role to play in stabilizing and promoting the recovery of civil society, economic growth, and national security

For many of us in IEM, we are considered to be road warriors. We can conquer high school visits individually, or sometimes we go as a platoon. Occasionally, when the territory is unfamiliar and new, we go as a battalion.

Who could imagine, when diplomatic relations were reestablished between Vietnam and the United States in 1995, that Vietnamese nationals would become the eighth largest contingent of students enrolled in higher education in the United States?

Demand for overseas study remains strong among Vietnamese students. In 2013, there were 125,000 Vietnamese students studying overseas, a 15 percent increase over 2012, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). The top five host countries were Australia, the United States, Japan

This resource will uncover ways to empower ISSS offices to develop a management strategy for working with and providing training and mentoring for these profession als new to the field.

The topic of commission-based promotion generated the most robust and passionate discussion to date on NAFSA's Marketing and Recruiting Network within the Recruitment, Admissions and Preparation Knowledge Community.

Case Studies on the recruitment, retention, and recognition of volunteers. These case studies can be used for training volunteer managers.