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April 17, 2019

Scholar Perspectives

2019 AACRAO Report
By Dr. Chelsea Blackburn Cohen and James R. King

The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) released its 2019 report, drawing on expertise across sectors to make recommendations for the integration of displaced students and scholars into higher education. In their article “Scholar Perspectives,” co-authors Dr. Chelsea Blackburn Cohen of Scholars at Risk and IIE-SRF Director James R. King explore the issues of academic freedom and higher education emergencies, sharing best practices for supporting displaced and threatened scholars.

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March 28, 2019

AAAS connects human rights groups with science experts

Science
By Andrea Korte

Since the Scholar Rescue Fund first enlisted the help of AAAS On-call Scientists in 2015, volunteers from a range of scientific disciplines have fulfilled 50 requests to review a scholar's work. “The feedback that we get from scientists in the program can really be integral to helping us understand a scholar's background," says IIE-SRF assistant director Emily Borzcik.

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March 25, 2019

“Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk,” New University in Exile Consortium Conference: April 26, 2019

The New School

On April 26, 2019, the New University in Exile Consortium will present its first conference, featuring displaced and threatened scholars hosted by Consortium institutions. The scholars will discuss the attacks on universities and academic freedom in their home countries and how these have affected not only their own lives but the nature of the universities.

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March 8, 2019

GREET Webinar: Scholars with refugee background – How to create sustainable career paths?: March 14, 2019

ACA Secretariat – GREET

This webinar on March 14th from GREET focuses on a central issue that is linked to all scholarship schemes providing support for threatened scholars to continue their career in a safe environment: the post-scholarship options. As the scholarship is inevitably limited only to a certain period, the question of the long-term career perspective plays an essential role in overall success of the support measures.

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February 26, 2019

“Treasures of New York: Institute of International Education” Airs on February 28

"Treasures of New York: Institute of International Education" traces the 100-year history of this distinguished organization, shedding light on its major accomplishments to promote international education and empower the global exchange of ideas.

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February 22, 2019

IIE Celebrates Centennial

IIE

The Institute of International Education (IIE) celebrated its 100-year anniversary with its 2019 summit at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, a ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building, and by recognizing The Right Honourable Gordon Brown with the Henry Kaufman Prize.

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February 20, 2019

A Beacon of Hope for Academia During the Forced Migration Crisis

IIE Networker
By Desiree Halpern and James R. King

In IIE’s Centennial Issue of the IIE Networker, IIE-SRF staff address the unprecedented forced migration crisis that is significantly impacting global higher education. They explain, “We are committed to remaining a beacon of hope for vulnerable scholars, so that their life’s work, and their lives, are not lost.”

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February 20, 2019

A New York Treasure

MetroFocus

100 years of the Institute of International Education, a true “Treasure of New York.”

In honor of IIE's Centennial celebration, IIE president and CEO Allan E. Goodman spoke with MetroFocus about IIE's long legacy of scholar rescue.

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November 25, 2019

Displaced youth find place on Vassar campus

The Miscellany News
By Dean Kopitsky

This article shares Vassar College's efforts to support threatened and displaced academics and students. Vassar became an IIE-SRF host partner for the first time in October 2019, welcoming to campus an IIE-SRF scholar of microbiology from Nigeria.

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November 28, 2018

Where Refugee Scholars, Artists and Activists Find Safety and Thrive

PassBlue
By Barbara Crossette

This year for the first time, IIE-SRF is sharing data publicly about the accomplishments  of the range of people it has steered into new lives. In 2018, these rescued refugees reported among them 191 books and articles published, 217 lectures or presentations delivered and 105 students’ studies supervised by them in numerous institutions.

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