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What happens when the Texas International Education Consortium (皇冠搏彩中心) hosts its inaugural Texas booth at one of the world’s largest events for international education? Texas higher education receives a unified voice on the global stage, international partnership development opportunities become streamlined for 皇冠搏彩中心 members, and the State of Texas benefits from increased branding at a conference and expo attended by more than 6,000 people from over 90 countries.

皇冠搏彩中心 is honored to have Dr. Nancy Shankle of the Texas A&M University RELLIS Campus as a technical advisor for policy and procedure as part of 皇冠搏彩中心’s collaboration with the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS).

Liberal education was once the highest form of education available for a free society. The term originated in classical times when liberal education referred to the education provided to free citizens. In fact, the root origin of liberal is liberalis meaning appropriate for free people. Its purpose was to equip wealthy, free citizens to lead their communities with a well-rounded education.

The Texas International Education Consortium is pleased to announce two new members of the board of directors: Dr. Suzanne Shipley, President of Midwestern State University, and Dr. Kelly Miller, President of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

In the face of COVID-19 and the multitude of challenges it poses to universities worldwide, 皇冠搏彩中心’s Virtual Exchange Program allows for increased collaboration despite differences in time zones and continents. The collaboration with students in Texas, Egypt, and Jordan offers a new way to engage students and professors.

Under budgetary pressures and increased competition, higher education institutions are considering more than adjustments to tuition and fees, draw-downs on endowments, and academic or other cutbacks and consolidations to make ends meet. They are considering new partnerships with the private sector: public-private partnerships. Defined as the practice of sharing responsibility for providing a good or service with a for-profit entity, P3s have been part of the higher education landscape for some time.

The transition of education to online interaction from face-to-face settings has come with difficulties for educators and students. Designing online course experiences like those that students have in person is challenging. Maintaining course engagement and creating quality working relationships in online classes is vital for students and instructors alike.

“Participation in this program gives me a chance to meet with journalists from Central Asia. I think together we can make a big transformation in our countries and help our youth to develop, improve skills and learn more about our experience,” said Aidai, a news correspondent in Kyrgyzstan. Aidai is part of the second cohort of the Central Asian-Journalist-In-Residence (CAJIR) program, an exchange that brings together journalists from across Central Asia with their American counterparts in Texas.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic to higher education internationalization. Much like unemployment, economic, and other statistics this year, stakeholders in internationalization will be left wondering how to measure their gains as outbound student mobility plunges, and full-time international student numbers decline in epic proportions.

As systems of higher education move their curriculum online, many students have questions about the quality of education they will receive online as opposed to an in-person classroom experience. To address some of these misconceptions of online learning, here are five myths that many people worry about when weighing online learning as an option.

This past January, 皇冠搏彩中心 joined Partners of the Americas and the U.S. Department of State to host Career Connections, a three-day networking and career-building event for U.S. alumni of U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs. Drawing participants from around the country, Career Connections connects exchange alumni with professionals across fields and disciplines to map out the path between an international exchange program and career-readiness and hireability.