505 International Education related YouTube channel subscriptions...

...are now available on International Higher Education Consulting Blog's YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/IHECBlog.  The purpose of this YouTube project is to host as many international education related channel subscriptions as I can find so that one can come to one central location to search for and view video content specific to international educational and cultural exchanges.

If you have a YouTube channel of know of one that should be added to the subscription list please leave a comment below or send me an e-mail at international.ed.consulting@gmail.com.

Video of the Week – IREX: 1968-2008

There are many organizations both here in the United States and abroad that work to send students, scholars and citizens abroad. One such organization is IREX (International Research & Exchange Board) in Washington, D.C. whose mission it is to “provide leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development.”
The following video (9:36) from the IREX YouTube channel highlights the 40 year history of the organization. In addition to the IREX YouTube channel you can connect with IREX on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Video of the Week - Europe Hates Us

For this fifth installment of IHEC Blog’s “Video of the Week” I wanted to search for videos of American students partying abroad. There were many, many videos to select from. To be sure, studying abroad is fun! I went with the video “Europe Hates Us” which is a video compilation of a U.S. student’s time studying in Amsterdam.



Just something to think about as we work towards sending one million U.S. students abroad! Again, for the record, I fully support sending one million U.S. students abroad. I do worry, however, about the affect so many U.S. students abroad may have on U.S. public/citizen diplomacy efforts. Anyone have an idea on how to calculate the Social Return on Investment (SROI) of this?

Video of the Week - Happy Anniversary NAFSA

For this Video of the Week I selected this Happy Anniversay NAFSA video that was recorded in 2008. The reason I selected this video is because I remember when it was made during the NAFSA Winter Leadership Meetings in January 2008 and if you look closely you can see me when the Teaching, Learning & Scholarship (TLS) Knowledge Community wished NAFSA a Happy 60th Anniversary. Now, I didn't include this video because I'm in it or because 60 years as a leading international education organization fits my historical interests in the field. I chose this video because I miss many of my colleagues, both on the TLS team as well as others in the video and I wish them all well this holiday season!



I pulled this video from the NAFSA YouTube Channel which you can access here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nafsatube.