IIE Announces Winners of the 2015 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education
Thirteen Campuses Recognized For Their Outstanding International Initiatives
NEW YORK, January 26, 2015—The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. The awards honor the most outstanding initiatives in international higher education among the member campuses of the IIE Network, IIE's membership association of more than 1,400 higher education institutions. This year's awards highlight a total of ten initiatives that are being conducted by thirteen campuses: five campuses will receive the Heiskell Award and eight more will be recognized with honorable mention. The winners this year are notable for their geographic diversity, with campuses in nine U.S. states across the country as well as universities in Ethiopia, South Korea and Russia.
IIE's Heiskell Awards showcase the most innovative and successful models for internationalizing the campus, study abroad, and international partnership programs in practice today, with a particular emphasis on initiatives that remove institutional barriers and broaden the base of participation in study abroad and international teaching and learning on campus.
Thirteen Campuses Recognized For Their Outstanding International Initiatives
NEW YORK, January 26, 2015—The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. The awards honor the most outstanding initiatives in international higher education among the member campuses of the IIE Network, IIE's membership association of more than 1,400 higher education institutions. This year's awards highlight a total of ten initiatives that are being conducted by thirteen campuses: five campuses will receive the Heiskell Award and eight more will be recognized with honorable mention. The winners this year are notable for their geographic diversity, with campuses in nine U.S. states across the country as well as universities in Ethiopia, South Korea and Russia.
IIE's Heiskell Awards showcase the most innovative and successful models for internationalizing the campus, study abroad, and international partnership programs in practice today, with a particular emphasis on initiatives that remove institutional barriers and broaden the base of participation in study abroad and international teaching and learning on campus.
