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The Institute of International Education (IIE) is a 501(c) organization〔 which focuses on International Student Exchange and Aid, Foreign Affairs, and International Peace and Security. In collaboration with governments, foundations and other sponsors, IIE creates programs of study and training for students, educators and professionals from various sectors. The organization says its mission is to "advance international education and access to education worldwide". Currently, much of its work focuses study abroad programs, supporting students and scholars, policy research, and being a central resource on international exchange opportunities. Some of its most recognized programs include the flagship Fulbright Program; and Gilman Scholarships administered for the U.S. Department of State. It awards the Andrew Heiskell Award. == History == The institute was established in 1919 at the cessation of World War I. Nobel Peace Prize winners Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, and 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 outlook that educational exchange would incite understanding between nations. In 2009, the institute celebrated its 90th anniversary. Over the years it has developed into one of the largest references for international exchange in the world. IIE began as an organized student, faculty and teacher exchange with several European governments. At the time, IIE President Stephen Duggan influenced the U.S. government to create a new category of nonimmigrant student visas, bypassing post-war quotas set by the Immigration Act of 1921. In the 1930s, IIE began expanding its activities beyond Europe, opening the first exchanges with the Soviet Union and Latin America. After World War II, the Institute facilitated the establishment of what is now NAFSA and the CIEE. In the 1940s, IIE aided more than 4,000 U.S. students to study and work on reconstruction projects at European universities devastated by the war. By the 1950s the number of foreign students to the United States nearly doubled. As a result, the institute formed a network of U.S. offices to serve the growing number of students under its administration. Additionally, IIE began producing an annual statistical analysis of the foreign student population in the United States and named the study, ''Open Doors''. In the 1960s, the Institute opened overseas offices in Asia, Africa and Latin America.〔 In 1979, the IIE joined the White House and USIA to develop the innovative ''Hubert H. Humphrey North-South Fellowships'', which brings mid-career professionals in public service fields from developing countries and East Central Europe to the U.S. for a year of academic study and practical professional experience. The ''International Education Information Center'' opened at IIE’s New York headquarters in the 1980s and new offices in Budapest and Hanoi were established in the 90s.〔 In 2008, IIE President Allan Goodman led the Institute’s first U.S. higher education delegation. Eleven delegates representing seven U.S. colleges and universities traveled to Southeast Asia to enhance and expand linkages with institutions in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. IIE has since led U.S. higher education delegations to countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, and Russia with the aim of expanding educational ties with the United States.〔 In the 2010s, the Institute established the ''IIE Centers of Excellence'' and launched the ''Emergency Student Fund'' (ESF). In 2011, IIE hosted the first in a series of conferences in Iraq designed to engage key stakeholders in advancing higher education discussions and development efforts in Iraq.〔 In 2012, IIE began administering the Government of Brazil’s ''Scientific Mobility Program'', which provides scholarships to Brazilian undergraduate students primarily in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Institute of International Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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