Institute of International Education
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Institute of International Education (IIE) - is a non-profit organization
promoting international exchange of education
and training. It was established in 1919 and is based in the USA.
The Institute governs more than 200 programs serving more than 20,000 persons from 175 nations each year. The programs involve studies in the USA and abroad.
Current and former sponsors of IIE include: US State Department, USAID, US Department of Energy,
World Bank
, ExxonMobil, Baker Hughes Corporation/Foundation, Cisco Learning Institute, Ford Foundation
, Freeman Foundation, GE Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, Governments of Brazil
, Chile
, Japan
and Spain
, ITT
, Levi Strauss Foundation, Lucent Technologies Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, AIG Foundation, and Alcoa Foundation.
The Institute of International Education has 7 offices in the United States and 13 offices worldwide (Beijing
, Egypt
, Hungary
, Hong Kong
, Indonesia
, Mexico
, Namibia
, the Philippines
, Russia
, Thailand
, Ukraine
, and Vietnam
).
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
promoting international exchange of education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
and training. It was established in 1919 and is based in the USA.
The Institute governs more than 200 programs serving more than 20,000 persons from 175 nations each year. The programs involve studies in the USA and abroad.
Current and former sponsors of IIE include: US State Department, USAID, US Department of Energy,
World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, ExxonMobil, Baker Hughes Corporation/Foundation, Cisco Learning Institute, Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, Freeman Foundation, GE Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, Governments of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, ITT
ITT International Fellowship Program
The ITT International Fellowship Program was a program of grants promoting international educational student exchanges, similar to the Fulbright Program, sponsored by the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation...
, Levi Strauss Foundation, Lucent Technologies Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, AIG Foundation, and Alcoa Foundation.
The Institute of International Education has 7 offices in the United States and 13 offices worldwide (Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
).
Board Members
- Thomas S. Johnson
- Henry KissingerHenry KissingerHeinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
- Henry KaufmanHenry KaufmanHenry Kaufman is a Jewish American economist and financial consultant.Born in a small village named Wenings in Germany as son of a butscher...
- Lee BollingerLee BollingerLee Carroll Bollinger is an American lawyer and educator who is currently serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. Formerly the president of the University of Michigan, he is a noted legal scholar of the First Amendment and freedom of speech...
- Robert L. Dilenschneider
- Scott J. FreidheimScott J. FreidheimScott Jon Freidheim is Chief Executive Officer, Europe for Investcorp International Ltd. He was previously an Executive Vice President, President Kenmore, Craftsman & Diehard for Sears Holdings and CAO, and Executive Vice President of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.Freidheim was born in Dearborn,...
- Jack M. Greenberg
- George Rupp
- Beverly D. Tatum
- Linda VesterLinda VesterLinda Vester is an American TV news host. She was the host of Dayside with Linda Vester on the Fox News Channel, first joining the channel in 1999. She later left the channel to look after her children....
The Declared Mission
- Promotion of closer educational relations between the people of the United States and other countries;
- Strengthening and linking institutions of higher learning globally;
- Rescuing threatened scholars and advancing academic freedom;
- Building leadership skills and enhancing the capacity of individuals and organizations to address local and global challenges.