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The institute was established in 1919 at the cessation of World War I. Nobel Peace Prize winners Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, Elihu Root, former secretary of state, and Stephen Duggan, Sr., professor of political science at the College of the City of New York (and IIE's first president) formed the Institute of International Education with the idea that educational ...
In recent years, IIE launched several other crisis response programs and initiatives to meet the needs of students, scholars, and artists facing threats and emergencies. The Emergency Student Fund (ESF) was started in 2010 to provide micro grants to international students in the United States impacted by crises or natural disasters. [ 15 ]
In 1946, the U.S. Department of State invited IIE to administer the graduate student component and CIES [clarification needed] to administer the faculty component of the Fulbright Program—IIE's largest program to date. [32] The Council for International Exchange of Scholars is a division of IIE that administers the Fulbright Scholar Program.
Challenge grants are funds disbursed by one party (the grant maker), usually a government agency, corporation, foundation or trust (sometimes anonymously), typically to a non-profit entity or educational institution (the grantee) upon completion of the challenge requirement(s).
The managing director of The IIE's Varsity College, Louise Wiseman, has the overall responsibility for the administration of the college. The academic departments of The IIE's Varsity College are divided into Schools of Excellence, each with its own head of school. Programmes are run by programme managers, at the campus level.
Michael Brewer, one-half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died. He was 80. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Brewer's musical partner, Tom Shipley, confirmed the news of his death in a Facebook post ...
The Independent Institute of Education (IIE) is a private higher education institution in South Africa and is a wholly owned subsidiary of investment holding company ADvTECH Group Limited. The IIE confers a range of tertiary qualifications, through various faculties, via a number of academic institutions in South Africa, including Vega ...
Eastern Illinois University “Panthers” • Ohio Valley Conference • 7,316 full-time undergraduates. Public universities are increasingly reliant on student fees and other subsidies to finance their athletic ambitions.