Enrollment was up in the U.S. for S&E Students
this month’s report from the National Science Foundation (NSF) foreign enrollment in the U.S. went up by 3% from 2008 despite
Founders Celebrate with Students
For Ted Presley, founder of ELI 360, and his wife Ellen this month was a great opportunity to celebrate with local students at two partner universities who celebrated the completion of their undergraduate studies. When ELI 360
The Globalization of American Education Part II: Its Implications on Lower to Secondary Education
In the world of politics and policy making, the Obama administration has caught on that the internationalization of American higher education is indeed inevitable. In fact, the internationalization of education has become so crucial that it has begun to trickle down into the secondary and lower education in the United States
The Globalization of American Higher Education
“The internationalization of American higher education is both inevitable and important, but progress requires vision and leadership”. – Nancy L. Zimpher.
The 2009-10 Officers of Abilene Christian Universities' International Student Association.
University-bound students today find themselves in a world much different from the one that their parents experienced twenty or thirty years ago. …read more
Private Universities in India Embrace the Liberal Arts Model of Higher Education
One country seeking to emulate the traditional higher education powerhouses is India. Traditionally, the task of educating India’s youth has long been that of the federal government. However, in recent years, the private sector has realized the shortcomings of a federal education system, particularly on the university level. In view of this, a crop of exceptional and accomplished Indian businessmen has risen to the task of increasing the opportunities for and quality of education in India
Devastation in the Carribean
Haiti Earthquake Results in Mass Destruction and Loss of Life
Once again, Mother Nature has brought the world to a standstill. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through Haiti. This tiny Caribbean nation is home to an estimated nine million people. About 80% of them live beneath the poverty level with 54% of them living in abject poverty. What has truly caught the attention of the world is not the force of the earthquake but the deadly aftermath which has already reached an estimated death toll of 200,000. …read more
IIE reports Cross-Culture Education An Advantage in U.S. Business
The global community that exists today will only continue to expand in future years. Leaders today and in the future will have to understand multiple languages, cultures, and “the emotions that drive the global forces” to understand business and politics.
Tragedy in the Pacific Belt
The earthquake that struck western Indonesia on Wednesday. . .
ELI 360 Opens Office in China
By setting up a new office in China we will be able to more effectively reach families in a market that has been either number 1 or 2 in sending students
U.S. Ranking System
Higher education’s love-hate relationship with college rankings was on full display here this week at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, where…