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Posted on March 22, 2010 - in Higher Education Development, Education, Youth
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Muratbek Kuskulov, a cheerful young man from Kazakhstan, radiates optimism despite having faced many hardships in his 20 years. He’s supported himself since the tragic loss of his parents...

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It began as a small-budget project intended to connect the scholarly community with US foreign policy practitioners in Eurasia. EPS scholars traveled to the region and served US Embassies and...

Posted on November 18, 2009 - in International Education, Education
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For the first time in twelve years, Georgia Southern University (GSU) has a Russian language and cultural course thanks to the volunteer efforts of Saida Akbarova, a 2008 Muskie fellow from...

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Online networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn have made it easier for young people to socialize and for professionals to conduct business around the world, but using web tools in the...

Posted on July 30, 2009 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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UGRAD alumna Zhanar Zhaxylykova (2007-2008) believes that kids with disabilities have the right to perform in concerts, play sports, socialize, and do all the other things their peers without...

Posted on September 4, 2008 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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ECA alumni recently organized a series of training courses on renewable energy for the children of Boarding-School #2 in Balkhash, Kazakstan. In cooperation with Kazakh National University,...

Posted on May 5, 2008 - in International Education, Education
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When Kazakh graduate student Elmira Zhekeyeva received her Muskie fellowship to study at the University of Mississippi, she wanted not just to get her master’s in education, but to place...

Posted on February 25, 2008 - in Higher Education Development, Education, Youth
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Over the past decade, Russia and its neighbors have launched an array of reforms in higher education administration. The introduction of multi-level educational systems and dramatic changes to...

Posted on September 14, 2006 - in Center for Collaborative Technology, Media Development, Youth
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Twenty-one teenage journalists from four countries in the Ferghana Valley honed their investigative reporting and Internet research skills thanks to a grant from the Organization for Security...

International Education Week 2005

Each year, IREX participates in International Education Week, a joint initiative of the US Department of State and the US Department of Education intended to celebrate the benefits of...