Does your school help your students grow up global-ready?
Introducing the AFS Global Competence Readiness Index for Schools by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs …
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New Tool to Support Global Competence Development in Schools
Pilot study finds that despite national mandates to develop global competence skills in students, schools are not prepared to meet…
How to inspire curiosity for intercultural learning?
Let’s set the scene. You are an intercultural trainer and you’re standing in front of a packed room filled with…
AFS Intercultural Programs Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
(New York, 1 May 2018): AFS Intercultural Programs announces the appointment of Rita Jarecsni as Chief Financial Officer. Jarecsni will…
Domestic Exchange Program: An initiative to celebrate 15th Anniversary of YES Programs
by Aadil Fahim, Manager of Communications, Branding and Volunteer Development at AFS Intercultural Programs India The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Program (YES) was founded…
AFS Intercultural Programs Expands to Add AFS Ireland
100 students planned to study abroad in Ireland in 2018 through AFS NEW YORK, NY (2 May 2018): AFS…
AFS Launches Global Prep: New Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
by Andrew Woods-Ballard, Business Development Specialist at the AFS Sentio Network AFS Global Prep programs offer short-term, theme-based, group experiences…
Global competence and international education are key for sustainable societies, AFS symposium concludes
by Julia Taleisnik (@julitaleisnik), Volunteer Development Director for AFS Argentina & Uruguay What happens when you gather experts on global…
3 things you (most likely) didn’t know about the Arab world
Did you know that the Arab world is not synonymous with the Islamic world; as the media would like us…
Do you need to attend the Starbucks unconscious bias training?
by Bert Vercamer, Chief Program Innovation and Educational Products Officer at AFS Intercultural Programs The case where two African-American men got…