“Being a foreigner, Ashima believes, is something that elicits the same curiosity of from strangers, the same combination of pity and respect.” ― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake [...]

With decreasing state funding, several American colleges and universities have revised their internationalization strategies. They are drastically increasing enrollment of foreign [...]

Thank you to all the contributors who shared their experiences this month of working abroad or engaging international students at their home campuses! As we conclude this monthR[...]

This year the State University of New York at Oswego celebrates it’s 10th annual Global Awareness Conference! The conference was conceived by Rhonda Mandel, then Dean of Coll[...]

Colleges and universities send more than 300,000 students to study abroad every year. Many of the issues Student Affairs professionals address each year with students on campus are[...]

In international education circles, we champion the benefits of international students at our institutions. We promote students’ ability to adapt to new mindsets and behaviors that[...]

If you’re a parent, or a Cub Scout den mother, then you may have a similar experience to working in a one-person international office. It’s like being a mother to a dozen con[...]

During my junior year of university, I took an incredible class called the New Humanitarian. In it, we had a number of people Skyped in (and also in-person) to discuss a variety of[...]

More than a decade ago, I moved to Canada from Bangladesh as an international student. Now, I am a student affairs professional supporting international students’ personal and prof[...]

As someone who combined a degree in Student Affairs with a career in International Education, I’ve often felt that there’s a disconnect between these two fields that sh[...]