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January 24, 2014

A Lifeline for Syria’s Science Exiles

AAAS Science Magazine
By Richard Stone

IIE President and CEO, Dr. Allan Goodman, and IIE-SRF Fellow, Dr. Amal Alachkar, discuss the deterioration of Syria's education sector and how IIE is assisting Syrian scholars.

January 15, 2014

El Hassan bin Talal Annual Lecture in Post-war Recovery and Development

The University of York
By Dr. Allan Goodman

Dr. Allan Goodman discusses the importance of IIE-SRF's work in his speech "On the Rescue of Science of Learning". The speech took place at the University of York as part of the El Hassan bin Talal Annual Lecture in Post-war Recovery and Development.

November 1, 2013

The Rescue of Science and Learning

Worldviews for the 21st Century
By Allan E. Goodman

IIE President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Allan Goodman, shares the success of IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund in a monograph presented by the Global Connections Foundation and the University of Central Florida’s Global Perspectives Office and Political Science Department.

December 13, 2013

Protecting higher education from attack

University World News
By Peta Lee

University World News disccusses the report, Institutional Autonomy and the Protection of Higher Education from Attack, commissioned by The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) and IIE-SRF.

November 1, 2013

NJ Colleges Offer Lifeline to Syrian Scholars

NorthJersey.com
By Hannan Adely

New Jersey colleges including Montclair State University, Felician Colllege and Fairleigh Dickinson University provide a safe haven for IIE-SRF scholars.

November 1, 2013

Reawakening: Higher Education in Iraq

International Educator
By David Tobenkin

"Based on IIE reports from the more than 200 Iraqi scholars who have taken up Scholar Rescue Fund fellowship positions to date, the program has resulted in educational output by them of instruction to more than 10,000 students, including 4,000 by distance learning; publication of more than 500 articles or books, participation in 100s of scientific research projects; and presentation of dozens of papers at conferences across the world."