It's International Education Week.
From the IEW website:
International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.
- A joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education, International Education Week (IEW) was first held in 2000 and today, is celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide.
- IEW is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This annual initiative aims to promote international understanding and build support for international educational exchange by encouraging the development of programs that prepare Americans to live and work in a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States.
- Exchanges are critical to developing mutual understanding and respect, building leadership abroad, fostering an appreciation for the U.S., and investing in the future relationship between Americans and people around the world.
- According to Open Doors, 270,604 U.S. students studied abroad in 2009/10.
- International education prepares U.S. citizens to live, work, and compete in the global economy.
- International education is also a vital service industry, bringing more than $21 billion into the U.S. economy in 2010/11.
- According to Open Doors, 723,277 international students studied in the U.S. in 2010/11.
- The more than 40,000 students, scholars and other exchange participants that the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs supports are in the vanguard of the hundreds of thousands of students and scholars who come to the United States and study abroad each year.
- International cooperation on education contributes to education reform and education solutions for the U.S. and for our partner nations.
In case you were wondering, here is some financial impact data courtesy of Joy Garling Prud'homme, Assistant Director for International Student Services.
Those interested in data for the whole U.S., also broken down state by state, should visit http://www.nafsa.org/Explore_International_Education/Impact/Data_And_Statistics/What_Is_the_Value_of_International_Students_to_Your_State_in_2012_/. And their monetary contribution is just a fraction of the wealth they bring to our country.
ReplyDeleteIf we could somehow lower the cost (just slightly!) per credit hour here at Parkland for international students, we could be getting a LOT more full-time students who need ESL. Unfortunately, our ESL program costs more than the IEI at U of I for a full-time student, and students get 4 fewer contact hours here at Parkland for this price. If we could become competitive with the IEI, Parkland would actually benefit from more of these students' "contributions."
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