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Posted on June 30, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Research Support, Media Development, Youth
Forty-three years ago today, IREX was created to help advance exchanges, not just of people, but of ideas. As we celebrate IREX’s founding, we honor its original charge by continuing to...
Posted on June 30, 2011 by Randal Mason in
Blog tags: 1968, committment, computers, history, international nonprofit, IREX Founders' Day, photos, technology
“The only constant is change.” -- Heraclitus
On July 1, 1968, a new international nonprofit was created, IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board). As we...
Posted on June 29, 2011 by Michelle Paison in Basic Education Development, Higher Education Development, International Education
Blog tags: culture, exchanges, international education, language, students, teachers, Technology in Education
Language transcends borders. That’s why I began studying Arabic six years ago. But when I met with female activists in a café in Fez yesterday, we used three (plus) languages to...
Posted on June 15, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Media Development
Blog tags: advocacy, bloggers, courageous, democracy, Internet, journalists, media development, new technologies, reform, Twitter, World Press Freedom Day
From May 1 to 3, for the first time, the United States hosted World Press Freedom Day, an event inspired by African journalists. Every day around the globe free expression is under threat....











