The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program has awarded a total of 583 fellowships to African diaspora scholars since its inception in 2013.

Educators in the US should look to the needs of first-generation students when promoting study abroad opportunities, an IIE report has recommended.

International student applications continue to increase for 65% of United States institutions, a figure which is up from 43% one year ago, a new report by the Institute of International Education has found.

Virtual programming should be at the heart of internationalisation agendas at US universities, study abroad experts have said.

Some 85,538 international scholars went to study the US in 2021 according to Open Doors data, signalling a 30% fall and a dip below 100,000 for the first time since 2006.

Education organisations in the US are urging the government to develop a strategy to increase international enrolment and exchanges to pre-Covid levels.

The number of international students enrolled at US institutions has begun to rebound after a pandemic-related drop, data from a US snapshot survey has suggested, while the Open Doors 2021 has shown a decrease of 15% in international student numbers during 2020/21. 

IIE scholarships for students of the now-closed American University of Afghanistan have launched, and an all-female robotics team has arrived in Qatar.