CONAHEC News and Information

Vendredi, sep. 30, 2016

The Board of Directors of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, following an extensive search process, has named a new executive director and CEO. Esther Brimmer, Ph.D., a foreign policy expert and academic, will lead NAFSA, effective January 1, 2017. She will succeed Marlene M. Johnson, who has served as NAFSA executive director and CEO since 1998.

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Vendredi, sep. 30, 2016

Seeking to strengthen and formalize a partnership founded in research and extension, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at working collaboratively to address sustainable agriculture and natural resource management.

Jeudi, sep. 29, 2016

The 'micro-masters' online degree is gaining momentum, and the biggest challenge to colleges in running the programmes may be preventing cheating and fraud. More than a dozen colleges announced plans on Tuesday to offer an alternative credential by that name — roughly equivalent to between a quarter and a half of the course material from a typical masters degree — that students can finish by taking a series of short online courses... more

Mercredi, sep. 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2016–The Board of Directors of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, following an extensive search process, has named a new executive director and CEO. Esther Brimmer, Ph.D., a foreign policy expert and academic, will lead NAFSA, effective January 1, 2017. She will succeed Marlene M. Johnson, who has served as NAFSA executive director and CEO since 1998.

Mercredi, sep. 28, 2016

Convoca UNAM al Congreso Internacional “Interacciones. Las Universidades en el pasado y el presente de Iberoamérica” 

En el marco del décimo aniversario del Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educación (IISUE) de la UNAM, se llevará a cabo el Congreso Internacional “Interacciones. Las Universidades en el pasado y el presente de Iberoamérica”, el cual, busca crear un espacio de análisis y reflexión sobre el actual estado de las instituciones de educación superior, sus retos y el futuro de las mismas.
Mercredi, sep. 28, 2016

If Canadian universities were private corporations, their customer turnover rates would be ruinous. Up to 20 per cent of students quit university, never to return to any postsecondary program, while 20 to 50 per cent drop out of the program they had initially chosen.

Lundi, sep. 26, 2016

The University of New Hampshire is facing criticism for the way it has chosen to spend a $4 million donation left by a longtime university librarian in his will.

Vendredi, sep. 23, 2016

In celebration of its 50thyear, the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is pleased to launch Home for the Holidays, a competition sponsored by Scotiabank that will award one international student the chance to go home over the holiday season by covering the cost of a roundtrip ticket to the student’s home country.

Jeudi, sep. 22, 2016

The International Association of Language Centres (IALC) has welcomed two new members in North America, bringing its total membership to 98 schools with 139 centres worldwide.  International Center for Languages Studies in Washington, DC in the US and VanWest College in Vancouver and Kelowna in Canada joined the network of independent language schools this month.

Mercredi, sep. 21, 2016

In a scene unfolding in many Latino communities throughout the country, the graduation ceremony at Garcia High School in Chicago was especially celebratory Saturday: 20% of the graduating seniors are illegal immigrants who can now put their education to use with work permits authorized by President Obama's new immigration rules.

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