In the final installment of our series this week taking a closer look at the positive impact of foreign students on state economies and featuring real-life stories about their presence on campuses and communities around the country, we turn to the northeastern states. There, foreign students spent more than $5.2 billion during the 2008-2009 academic [...]
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Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies: The Picture in the Northeast
Posted in Advocacy, Guest Post, Int'l Education Week, tagged Economic Impact Statements, Grassroots Advocacy, International Students, NAFSA on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies: The Picture in the Western States
Posted in Advocacy, Guest Post, Int'l Education Week, tagged Economic Impact Statements, NAFSA on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the third installment of our series this week taking a closer look at the positive impact of foreign students on state economies and featuring real-life stories about their presence on campuses and communities around the country, we turn to the western states. There, foreign students spent nearly $4.2 billion during the 2008-2009 academic year [...]
Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies: The Picture in the Midwest
Posted in Advocacy, Guest Post, Int'l Education Week, tagged Economic Impact Statements, Grassroots Advocacy, International Students, NAFSA on November 19, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Continuing our series this week examining the impact of foreign students on local economies and highlighting real-life stories about their presence on campuses and communities around the country, we turn to the midwestern states. There, foreign students spent more than $3.5 billion during the 2008-2009 academic year across the region, according to NAFSA’s Economic Impact [...]
Foreign Students Boost Local, State Economies: The Picture in the Southern States
Posted in Advocacy, Guest Post, Int'l Education Week, tagged Economic Impact Statements, Grassroots Advocacy, International Students, NAFSA on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All this week, the NAFSA blog will take a closer look at the impact of foreign students on state economies and feature real-life stories about the positive impact they make on campuses and communities around the country. Today, the South.
In these tough times, foreign students and their dependents continue to make a significant economic contribution [...]
Guest Post: Building a Better Business – and Changing Lives – Through Educational Exchange
Posted in Guest Post, Study Abroad, tagged educational exchanges, global workforce development, Kansas City, Study Abroad, The Roasterie on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Danny O’Neill
Danny O’Neill is Bean Baron – and president/owner – of The Roasterie in Kansas City, MO. Last month he participated in a roundtable hosted by NAFSA and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Global Workforce Development: Connecting Business and Education to Compete in the International Marketplace, which brought business and higher education [...]
The Day I Shook the President’s Hand
Posted in Guest Post, NAFSA, Study Abroad, tagged 100 Days, Association of International Educators, Education, International Education, Obama, town hall on April 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Author: John Wilkerson
John Wilkerson is the Coordinator of Study Abroad Programs for the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. He serves as the Public Policy Advisor for NAFSA Region IV, and as member of the Midwest Higher Education Compact Student Access Advisory Committee.
At 100 Days town hall, NAFSA member thanks President Obama for his support of International Education
The morning of President Obama’s 100th day in office, I drove 130 miles from Columbia to Arnold, Missouri, a small town at the southwestern edge of suburban St. Louis. The President had chosen Fox High School in Arnold to hold a town-hall style meeting marking his first 100 days in office. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the event and planned to use my time driving there to focus on the question I would ask the President if given the chance. An hour and forty minutes along I-70, however, is a long time to review a 40-second question.
A month ago, I was in Washington, DC at NAFSA’s annual Advocacy Day. Waiting outside Missouri Senator Kit Bond’s offices in the Russell Senate Office Building, a young student ambassador from Russia, Anton Lukyanov, who had accompanied a colleague to Washington, offered a valuable reminder. He stated his surprise at how accessible our government is. His enthusiasm and simple observation jolted me from my complacency. I went into the meetings I had that day with a commitment to honor what is so easy to forget: each of us has the opportunity to be the voice that is heard.
A few miles closer to greater St. Louis, I thought about another meeting with President Obama that was held the first part of this month. The format for that event had also been town-hall style, but it had taken place an ocean away in Turkey. The President talked about the importance of sending U.S. students abroad to learn and to help break down walls between our common humanity. Last year, then-Senator Obama had been a cosponsor of the Simon Study Abroad Act, which shares the goals he spoke to in Turkey. While in Arnold, I hoped I would be able to remind the President of this.
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