Links of Interest for Week of January 15th to 28th

I apologize for not pulling together my Links of Interest post last week Friday and for not getting this post up sooner this Friday. Here are two weeks worth of interesting links that I posted to and pulled from Twitter. I hope you find some of them of interest:

Open World Leadership Center (@OWprogram) Congressional Testimony

Recruiting International Students in India: A Good Practices Guidebook (via @IDPDRIE)

Recent AAC&U Publications: Immigration, Study Abroad, and Global Learning

81% of Indians who earned PhD in science/engineering in 2002 stayed in the US after five years- Wall Street Journal (via @DrEducationBlog)

The International Student Blog now available as an iPhone application

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation's new initiative on International Cultural Engagement

International Education & Re-entry academic course syllabi

Implementation and collaboration in the United States-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program (via @IDPDRIE)

Has Ireland dropped the ball on attracting international students?

International Students and U.S. Global Power in the Long 20th Century

Interesting article "Study Abroad -- Pricey and Priceless" on WSJ Market Watch

Joint Statement on the Expansion of Educational Exchanges between the United States and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia

Ewha seeks diversity in globalization

France wants international students for influence, not income (via @ChangeHigherEd)

Motivations and Experiences of UK Students Studying Abroad (PDF) (via @Beerkens)

Who Plans (Not) to Study Abroad? An Examination of U.S. Student Intent (via @IDPDRIE)

Controversial Visa Bans Lifted (on two scholars)

Study Abroad Experience Inspires a Recent Graduate to Help Local Youth Think Globally

Coping with Anti-Americanism: A Guide to Getting the Most out of Studying Abroad (via @IDPDRIE)

CAS Standards for International Student Programs

USCCD Launches Haiti Resource Page for Citizen Diplomats (via @CitizenDiplomat)

Vietnam is fastest-growing market of intl students coming to U.S.: new IIE report reveals their attitudes/perceptions (via @IIEglobal)

"Does Soft Power Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Student Exchange Programs 1980-2006" by Atkinson (2010)

‘Amerikaku’ Shows the Stories of Indonesian Students in the USA

International Education history buffs may want to sneak in a trip to the Special Collections of the Univ. of Arkansas

Studies, toolkits & reports that provide strategic context for conceiving an inst. mission for study abroad on @NAFSA

IREX Annual Reports dating back to 1969-70

NAFSA Resource Library Education Abroad Bibliographies

U.S. Public and Cultural Diplomacy Timeline (October 1999-December 2009) (via @PDCouncil)

The Art of Engagement: Trends in U.S. Cultural Exchange and International Programming (via @PDCouncil)

Study Abroad Perspectives on Institutional Operations

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