Demonstrating Best Practices in Global Competence Education at the NAFSA Conference
The 2019 NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo gathered 10,000 international educators this May in Washington D.C., USA. The event was…
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Learning to Live Together Must Become a 21st Century Educational Right
“Developing real solutions to the world’s interlinked problems—to our problems—depends on everyone working together at some fundamental levels. Given these…
Bringing Intercultural Learning and Peace Education to Kenyan High Schools
AFS Kenya will provide an intercultural learning and peace education program in 50 Kenyan high schools. This May, the National…
Intercultural Education from the Inside Out
Podcast with Dr. Michael “Mick” Vande Berg. Mick has been a long-time friend and advocate of AFS Intercultural, Inc. Last week Linda…
Purdue University Shares Intercultural Learning Gains for Short-term Programs
Over the past year, Purdue has conducted a study on intercultural learning gains on students doing short-term study abroad. In…
Intercultural Competence is Today’s New Language Education
In February 2019, AFS/Sentio delivered an interactive workshop at Languages Canada’s 12th Annual Conference – “On Common Ground: A shared…
How is your HEI going about global competence development?
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it’s faced.” James Baldwin Most…
Welcoming the world into your home
by Daniel Obst, President & CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs Too frequently these days I am reminded on social media of…
AFS leverages regional events to build coalitions to promote global competence education
Over the past five years, AFS has joined forces with local schools, universities, NGOs and government ministries to highlight the…