IIE-SRF fellow Henry Meriki of Cameroon speaks with the Hartford Courant about his fellowship experience at Wesleyan University.
In the Cornell Chronicle, Cornell University outlines its response to the crisis in Afghanistan and shares its commitment to partnering with IIE-SRF in support of Afghan scholars.
IIE CEO Dr. Allan Goodman and Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, have published an op-ed in Project Syndicate on the barriers to educational attainment in displaced populations. They describe how the global refugee and displacement crisis has led to a lack of educational and employment opportunities for an entire generation of young people, furthering the cycle of instability in regions already facing the impacts of conflict or natural disasters. They further note that programs like IIE PEER, an online platform that enables displaced and refugee students to connect with educational opportunities, are helping these students discover pathways to continue their education.
Each year, thousands of scholars face threats to their lives and careers because of their research, activism, or identities. Since 2002, Stanford University has worked with IIE-SRF to host nearly one dozen threatened and displaced scholars from around the globe. On Wednesday, November 3 at 12:30 pm PDT / 3:30 pm EDT, please join panelists including IIE-SRF alumnus Dr. Halil Ibrahim Yenigün of Turkey and IIE-SRF Director James Robin King as they participate in the inaugural Stanford Global Dialogues Series webinar, “Scholar Rescue at Stanford.”
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Scientists displaced by conflict or instability often face difficult challenges as they continue to pursue their scholarly work. Read about the experiences of one IIE-SRF alumnus from Yemen and two CARA-supported scholars from Syria in Nature.
In a September 4, 2021 article in the LA Times, IIE-SRF Alliance Host Partner UC Irvine shares their commitment to bringing threatened Afghan scholars to campus.
A new resource is now available for higher education institutions (HEIs) that are preparing to host Afghan students and scholars. This guide was prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE), IIE, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the Association of American Universities (AAU). While this resource was created for the purpose of helping HEIs understand what is entailed in hosting Afghan students and scholars, HEIs may find this to be useful for hosting students and scholars from other countries.
In a September 28, 2021 News at IU article, IIE-SRF Alliance Host Partner Indiana University provides an update on its response to the crisis in Afghanistan, and shares how it is partnering with IIE and IIE-SRF in support of threatened Afghan students and scholars.
In a September 25, 2021 article in University World News, IIE chief philanthropy officer Nina Smith and IIE-SRF director James R. King discuss how IIE and IIE-SRF have been working to provide critical support to Afghan academics.
IIE’s Afghanistan Crisis Response has been featured in Forbes magazine. The article, which was published on August 29, 2021, details how higher education institutions are working to provide support to threatened Afghan students and scholars.
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