INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to &#8220;increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.&#8221;&nbsp; With this goal as a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants &#8212; chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential &#8212; with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>From community colleges to liberal arts colleges to research universities, administrators continue to make internationalizing their campuses a top priority.&nbsp; The Fulbright Scholar Program is a vital resource. In 2009, the Scholar Program sent over 850 U.S. faculty abroad and 850 scholars visited the United States to teach, conduct research and become more familiar with the diversity of U.S. higher education. An additional 400 U.S. scholars helped launch new programs, train faculty and build educational capacity abroad.&nbsp; The Scholar Program&#8217;s &#8220;multiplier effect&#8221; infuses cross-cultural perspectives into existing curricula, revitalizes teaching methods, encourages study abroad, and opens doors for colleagues to teach in new places. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has been a mainstay of American public diplomacy efforts.&nbsp; The program continues to fulfill its original purpose of increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills.&nbsp; Operating through bilateral partnerships in more than 150 countries, Fulbright provides a tested and trusted vehicle for people-to-people exchange that delivers responsive, high quality academic programs that develop future leaders around the world. </p>

<p>The year 2009 marked a new application record for U.S. scholars and saw several firsts.&nbsp; Grants to India almost doubled; a new program opened opportunities for Iraqi scholars; U.S. scholars helped reform the curriculum at Hong Kong universities; Sweden welcomed its first Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology; and 35 scholars from 24 countries collaborated to help universities find innovative solutions to pressing social and economic problems.&nbsp; IIE&#8217;s Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) worked closely with its global Fulbright partners and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State to place scholars from 104 countries at universities in the United States.&nbsp; It also assisted U.S. scholars in taking on assignments in more than 140 countries. </p>

<ul type="disc"><li>Exchanges in both directions for countries with significant Muslim populations in the Middle East, North Africa and Africa have increased greatly.</li><li>Fulbright programs have been launched or revived in Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Laos, Saudi Arabia, the West Bank, and the countries of Central Asia, as well as island nations of the South Pacific.</li><li>The Fulbright Program is expanding and reaching broader and more diverse population sectors in strategically important countries such as Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey, among others.</li><li>In Sub-Saharan Africa, new regional programs have been created for students, scholars, and young future teachers. </li></ul>

<p>For more than 60 years, IIE has partnered with the U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Binational Commissions, and U.S. universities to administer the Fulbright Student Program, which annually benefits almost 4,000 U.S. and international students.&nbsp; On behalf of the U.S. Government, IIE conducts publicity, recruitment, and selection activities for approximately 1,100 U.S. Fulbright students each year.&nbsp; For the 1,500 foreign Fulbright students who enter the U.S. each year, IIE provides university admission, placement, pre-academic and English language training, orientation, visa support, fiscal services, supervision, and cultural and enrichment activities.&nbsp; For foreign Fulbright students, IIE&#8217;s expert placement division is able to secure significant cost-sharing and scholarships from U.S. universities.&nbsp;</p><div>&nbsp;</div><div><p><strong>Fulbright U.S. Student Program</strong></p> <p>In the past year, over 1,000 graduating seniors and young professionals received Fulbright grants to research or grants in 125 participating countries.&nbsp; The program received the highest number of applications in its history and awarded an all-time high number of awards.</p> <p>In addition, over 500 recent graduates interacted face-to-face with young people in classrooms and communities through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program.&nbsp; In 2009, this high-impact component of the Fulbright Program expanded to many new countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Georgia, Greece, Jordan, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Nepal, Norway, Peru, South Africa and Sri Lanka.</p><div><br /><strong>Fulbright Foreign Student Program</strong><br /><br />Strong bi-partisan Congressional support enables the Fulbright Foreign Student Program to serve a diverse group of students and young professionals who engage in undergraduate, graduate and teaching assistant programs at U.S. colleges and universities. The placement of students at a wide variety of institutions in every U.S. state is testament to the long-term campus impact of Fulbright students.<br /></div><strong></strong></div>

<p>Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has been a mainstay of American public diplomacy efforts.&nbsp; The program continues to fulfill its original purpose of increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills.&nbsp; Operating through bilateral partnerships in more than 150 countries, Fulbright provides a tested and trusted vehicle for people-to-people exchange that delivers responsive, high quality academic programs that develop future leaders around the world. </p>

<p> </p><p>Currently, IIE is assisting the U.S. Department of State in the administration of several key new program components: <br /> </p> <ul type="disc"><li>Revived Fulbright Student Programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, which provide U.S.-based degree and non-degree study for young professionals from these two countries;</li><li>Expanded Fulbright Student Programs in Pakistan, Turkey, and Indonesia, in particular focusing on increasing the number of women applicants to study in U.S. graduate programs;</li><li>The Islamic Civilization Initiative, an expanded grants program enabling 40 U.S. students to study topics related to Islam and engage in special outreach activities on their return home;</li><li>Expanded English Teaching Assistants Programs, sending over 200 U.S. Fulbright Students to teach in 11 countries; and</li><li>Expanded Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTA) Program, bringing 160 foreign graduates to U.S. colleges and universities to support instruction in their native language and foster knowledge of their home countries, including the first students in over 25 years to come to the United States from Iran.</li></ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<ul type="disc"><li>Exchanges in both directions for countries with significant Muslim populations in the Middle East, North Africa and Africa have increased greatly. </li><li>Fulbright programs have been launched or revived in Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Laos, Saudi Arabia, the West Bank, and the countries of Central Asia, as well as island nations of the South Pacific. </li><li>The Fulbright Program is expanding and reaching broader and more diverse population sectors in strategically important countries such as Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey, among others. </li><li>In Sub-Saharan Africa, new regional programs have been created for students, scholars, and young future teachers. </li></ul>

<p>The Scholar Rescue Fund formalizes an unwavering commitment to academic freedom that the IIE has demonstrated for over 90 years. &nbsp;At the heart of the Fund is the idea that each scholar we help who continues his or her work in safety is a beacon of hope in our world.</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships and safe haven for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. &nbsp;These fellowships provide professors, researchers and other senior academics with temporary refuge at universities and colleges around the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. &nbsp;During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar&#8217;s home country may improve, permitting safe return to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. &nbsp;If safe return is not possible, scholars can use the fellowship period to extend their term, in which they can continue their academic work and help their countries from afar.</p>

<p>The Scholar Rescue Fund formalizes and seeks to endow the activity that the Institute has undertaken throughout its history on behalf of scholars under threat.&nbsp; It has enabled the Institute thus far to issue fellowships to 353 scholars from 43 countries, and to place the scholar-grantees at host institutions in 38 different countries.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Rescuing scholars facing persecution in their home countries has been a critical part of the Institute&#8217;s work since its founding in 1919.&nbsp; Thanks to the visionary leadership of several IIE trustees and the creation of an endowment in 2002, rescuing threatened scholars and protecting academic freedom are now a permanent part of IIE&#8217;s work.&nbsp; In the past seven year, with the generous support of innovative philanthropists such as the Open Society Institute, SRF has awarded more than 450 fellowships, including renewal grants to rescue academics from 42 countries.&nbsp; The Program&#8217;s ultimate goal is for scholars to return to their home countries or region when they can safely continue their academic work. </p>

<p>In response to&nbsp;to a severe academic crisis, SRF launched the Iraq Scholar Rescue Project&nbsp;in 2007. &nbsp;This project is assisting hundreds of Iraq&#8217;s most senior and most threatened academics &#8211; through temporary academic positions at universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning primarily in the Middle East and North African regions. &nbsp;This effort is generously supported by The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Department of State, the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, the Fry Foundation, and IIE Trustees, among others.&nbsp; The goal is to&nbsp;preserve Iraq&#8217;s vital intellectual capital so that, when conditions permit, these scholars will be able to return home to rebuild their once flourishing academic communities.</p><div> <p><br />The Scholar Rescue Fund expanded its Iraq activities in 2009 to include professional development training for Iraqi scholars in Amman, Jordan; an e-learning project videotaping lectures by Iraqi scholars outside the country for distribution to universities within Iraq; and funding for Iraqi scholars to attend academic conferences worldwide. &nbsp;The majority of SRF scholars from Iraq are placed in Jordan, thanks to the generous support of Jordan&#8217;s Royal Family. </p> &nbsp;</div>

<em>Life-saving research<br /> </em><div>Threatened with arrest and imprisonment for criticizing the Sudanese regime and advocating for women&#8217;s rights, this microbiologist fled for safety.&nbsp; SRF support has enabled her to continue life-saving research on tuberculosis at a U.S. university&#8217;s Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div> <p><em>Preserving cultural heritage<br /> </em>A prominent archaeologist and former Director General of Baghdad&#8217;s National Museum of Iraq, this scholar is credited with orchestrating the return of thousands of stolen antiquities following the 2003 looting of the museum. A fellowship from SRF has allowed him to teach in safety while he works to preserve Iraq&#8217;s cultural heritage.&nbsp;</p><div><p><em><br />Scholarship in a free society<br /> </em>This Belarusian professor of sociology examines democratic movements, media, market economies, rule of law and civil society.&nbsp; While in Belarus, his public visibility made him a target of repressive tactics from the authorities.&nbsp; A SRF fellowship allows him to research and teach freely at a U.S. university.</p><div> <p><em><br />Defending indigenous rights<br /> </em>Facing targeted oppression because of his work, this legal scholar from the Democratic Republic of Congo requested help from SRF to continue his research and writing in Switzerland where he has published numerous works including a book on the land rights of indigenous minority groups.</p> <br /></div></div></div>

<p>The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program is a powerful force for social change.&nbsp; With the goal of creating leaders for social justice in developing countries, IFP provides scholarships for post-graduate study to exceptional individuals from marginalized groups who have shown a deep commitment to improving the welfare of their communities. </p>

<p>For the past decade, the Ford Foundation IFP has sought to increase access and equity in higher education, while building the leadership abilities of a new generation of transformational leaders.&nbsp; IFP awards scholarships for post-graduate study to individuals from marginalized and excluded communities in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Russia and Latin America. </p> <p>To date, 3,836 men and women have been selected for IFP fellowships from approximately 72,000 applicants.&nbsp; Fellows have earned master&#8217;s or doctoral degrees at 545 universities in 45 countries.&nbsp; The broad range of disciplines studied reflects their concerns in social and environmental justice.&nbsp; More than 80 percent of IFP&#8217;s 2, 409 alumni are now living and working in their home countries and regions. </p>

<p>This year&#8217;s cohort is IFP&#8217;s largest ever, with 553 Fellows selected from 22 countries.&nbsp; In 2009, final selections were held in Russia, the Philippines and Palestine.&nbsp; All other sites will hold their final selections in 2010, bringing the total number of IFP Fellows to around 4,300.</p>

<p><em>Directing Community Development in Chile <br /> </em>Maricel Gutierrez Castro is an Aymara Indian from Putre, Chile, a region where nearly a quarter of the indigenous population lives in poverty.&nbsp; With help of an IFP fellowship, she received a master&#8217;s degree in environmental management and policy from the Carlos III University of Madrid.&nbsp; As a deputy may or and director of community development in Putre, Castro is addressing the needs of the 14 villages that make up her town.&nbsp;</p><div><em><br />Tackling Poverty<br /> </em>IFP Fellow Richa Ghansiyal from India is coordinating programs that promote rural micro-enterprises, building on indigenous knowledge of natural resources.&nbsp; Her work is helping to develop the micro-enterprise capacity of craft producers including bamboo artisans and impoverished women who create products from recycled textile waste.&nbsp;</div><div> <div><p><em><br />Community Outreach<br /> </em>In Kenya&#8217;s Maasai community, Sakuda ole Nkitoria dropped out of school to work as a herdsman. &nbsp;With IFP&#8217;s help, he completed a degree at the U.S. International University in Kenya and now directs the Simba Maasai Outreach Organization, where his work assists herdsmen and helps children to stay in school.</p> </div>&nbsp; <br /></div>