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Education Partnering Organization Launches Digital Community Platform for International Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Global education partnering organization INTO University Partnerships has launched a digital community platform for international students. Students will be able to get personalized assistance on visa requirements and housing arrangements.

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The benefits of international students

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From planning your journey to leaving your family and friends and settling into a new environment, becoming an international student is challenging. But the benefits of being an international student are undeniable – international students enrich their host communities while gaining invaluable personal and professional advantages.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

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He knowingly made a racist provocation in his capacity as Chancellor while convening a university-sponsored public event. Across the Purdue University System of which Purdue Northwest is a part, the number of international students from Asia has increased substantially over the last decade. Dr. Stephanie K.

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Eye to the Future

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Student groups at Morgan State include organizations for African students, Caribbean students, Latinx students, and international students. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a special alumni breakfast with freshmen during homecoming weekend, and she’s glad to see in-person events resume. “We

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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

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Rick Garfunkel, vice president for global affairs, had to bring back several hundred students who were studying overseas, including 40 in China. “[It was] not easy,” he said. Meanwhile, as campuses emptied, international students had to remain. Some of them wanted to stay.” They couldn’t go home,” said Garfunkel.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

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He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We At Emory, he created over 100 internal and external initiatives, recruiting plans that targeted under-represented and international students. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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Diversity Abroad Holds 10th Annual Global Inclusion Conference

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4-7 in San Francisco – had more than 470 registered participants and more than 70 sessions on topics ranging from racist histories of education abroad, staff and student wellness, global learning at home, inclusive international student support, and workplace inclusion and belonging. The conference – which ran from Oct.

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