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IIE aims to boost access, equity and diversity with new Center

The PIE News

The Institute of International Education is launching a new Center for Access and Equity , aimed at expanding access to international education “for all”, The PIE News can reveal. Under the first focus area, the Center currently lists its partnership with Dickinson College, which initially started in 2020.

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Moves to bolster black students’ study abroad

The PIE News

IIE’s Center for Access and Equity has committed itself to boosting the number of black male students who take part in study abroad programs through a new partnership. We see this partnership as a keen opportunity to accomplish that,” said Lindsay Gee Calvert, director of the IIE Center for Access and Equity.

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Sector cannot work in “silos” on DEI – report

The PIE News

While international education is a “naturally collaborative endeavour”, the sector must work to make sure cooperation is not stymied as people work in their “institutional” silos, especially on work in diversity, equity, and inclusion, a new report has said.

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A kidney for a PhD: graduate students consider extreme measures to study abroad

The PIE News

International students from low-income countries such as Iran are turning to extreme measures – such as selling their kidneys and homes – to access graduate study abroad. Khaledi-Nasab believes that institutions need to build more equity into the system to support students from low-income countries.

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US sector recommits to diversity, equity and inclusion after Supreme Court ruling

The PIE News

International education stakeholders working to promote diversity, equity and inclusion across the sector have decried a decision by the Supreme Court in the US to end affirmative action. The IIE Center for Access and Equity was created to remove barriers and enrich and expand international education, exchange and opportunity.

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Only 6% of American college students study abroad

The PIE News

Consistent with these findings, a 2017 IIE study reported that students looking back on their study abroad largely credited the experience with enhancing critical, disruption-ready skills such as curiosity, adaptability, self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and tolerance for ambiguity.

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