“We’re calling upon all universities to help,” said Daniela Kaisth, IIE’s vice president for strategic development. “We think that if we all do a little bit, we can help ‘save the brains’ of a critical mass of people in Syria.”
The 10th anniversary of the Scholar Rescue Fund and its valued work was celebrated by international education luminaries and honorary guests.
On September 18th, The Institute of International Education with closely 500 business, education, and government foundations and policy leaders recognized the 10th Anniversary of the Scholar Rescue Fund intended to help hundreds of scholars escape the dangerous situations in their home countries at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street.
A celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Scholar Rescue Fund of the Institute of International Education is a bittersweet occasion.
The Scholar Rescue Fund has provided aid to 467 scholars whose lives and work have been threatened, helping them find safety as visiting professors.
The Institute of International Education, or IIE, has been sheltering dissident scholars since its inception in 1919. Its laudable successes included the rescue of more than 300 threatened European scholars during the 1930s, Jarecki told University World News.
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