EducationUSA & State Consortia-Study Georgia 2-10-2012
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EducationUSA.state.govYour Official Source on U.S. Higher Education
EducationUSA & State/Regional
Consortia
Working together toward internationalizing U.S. campuses
Study Georgia Meeting
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher Education
www.EducationUSA.state.gov
• Almost 400 centers in 170 countries• Assist students in person and virtually• Provide regular introductory group sessions• Offer details on financial aid and visa processes• Present Pre-Departure Orientation programs
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Goals of EducationUSA
1. Promote U.S. higher education to international students
2. Provide comprehensive, impartial information to help students find a school that is a good fit
3. Assist U.S. higher education community with recruitment and retention plans
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
What other consortia do?• Dozen plus states
– State international education proclamation
– Hosting EducationUSA advisers
– Work with either state commerce rep or US Dept of Commerce reps
• Oregon– Virtual magazine
• Mississippi & others – Joint conferences with state IE
organizations
• Missouri– Annual state int’l ed day
• Indiana– Tour overseas in small group– Mail posters to centers– Event on Capitol Hill in DC– Live Video College Fairs
(DVCs)• Kentucky & California
– Student video contest/scholarship prize
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How EducationUSA Can Help?
• Social Media• Online Resources• Webinars• EdUSA Conferences & Forum• Virtual College Fairs• Hosting Advisers
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Facebook Page
• Over 32,000 fans or ‘Likes’ • Events and Links posted• Photos/Videos• www.Facebook.com/EducationUSA • Links to 160+ individual
EducationUSA center Facebook profiles, groups, & pages
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YouTube Channel• 120 college & university
videos profiled• Ten playlists of our network’s
content• 114,000+ uploaded views (as
of February 2012)• 100+ uploaded videos
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Twitter feeds• For U.S. institutions… • For students…
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http://twitter.com/#!/EdUSAtips/educationusa/members
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Submit Information to Weekly Update
400 + Centers in 170 Countries
Newsletters Websites Social Media Email Groups Advising Sessions Radio/TV/Print New:
Financial Aid Search Engine
RSS Feeds!http://educationusa.info/highered.php
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HEI eNews
• Monthly updates on EducationUSA events
• Regional Conferences
• Major College Fairs• New Opportunities • 1850+ subscribers
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Request Our Logo• Get our logo on your international admissions site and state/regional
consortium site• Comes with a two line description of what our centers do, who we are• Directs your prospective students at the beginning of the process to
work with centers• On the ground support, in-country you can’t buy
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Send Materials to Our Centers
• Downloadable spreadsheet– Includes mailing addresses (some of
which are domestic pouch or APO addresses)
– Lists exactly which items can be received– Lists maximum quantities of each item
that can be sent
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EdUSA Connects
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EdUSA Connects Expertise Database
• Do general interest sessions for our centers• Recorded• Available to all 400+ centers• Monthly sessions for students and advising centers:
www.educationusa.info/edusa_connects • Please leave a business card with me with the topic you
could present written on the back or sign up online (for those who have login access):
https://www.educationusa.info/secure/highered-connect.php
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EdUSA Connects• Phase I – Began December 2010
– U.S. institutional reps to students & EducationUSA advisers
• Phase II – Began April 2011– EducationUSA REACs & Advisers to U.S. higher ed
community• Phase III – Began November 2011
– Virtual College Fair environment for consortia to have admissions conversations with prospective students overseas
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Future EdUSA Regional Conferences
• March 31-April 2, 2012 Kuala Lumpur– East Asia & Pacific
• October, 2012 Kathmandu, Nepal (tentative)– South Central Asia
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EducationUSA Forum
• June 27-29, 2012 Washington DC
• 3rd annual• Registration
Opens Feb. 15
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Live Video College Fair• 1st event this past November • 130 institutions representing 12 different
state/regional consortia presented to approximately 700 students on each of the 2-day event
• Interactive sessions recorded• Additional events planned for the next few
months
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Hosting OpportunitiesConsortium can apply to host groups of advisers for campus visits…
1. Informallya. Before/After NAFSA National
b. Before EducationUSA Forum
c. Before/After OACAC Summer Conference
2. Formally ……as part of formalized adviser professional development programs
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Questions & Thanks
Marty Bennett
EducationUSA Outreach Coordinator
Institute of International Education
[email protected] : www.educationusa.info
Skype: iiembennett
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