The Institute of International Education
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| Founded | 1919 |
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| Founder |
Nicholas Murray Butler Elihu Root Stephen Duggan, Sr. |
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Charitable organization 501(c)(3) non profit |
| Focus | International Student Exchange and Aid, Foreign Affairs, International Peace and Security |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Endowment fund, Financial services, Fundraising |
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Key people
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Dr. Allan E. Goodman (President and CEO) |
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Revenue
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369.5 million USD (2011) |
| Slogan | The Power of International Education |
| Website | www |
The Institute of International Education (IIE) is a 501(c) organization which focuses on International Student Exchange and Aid, Foreign Affairs, and International Peace and Security. IIE creates programs of study and training for students, educators and professionals from various sectors. The organization says its mission is to "build more peaceful and equitable societies by advancing scholarship, building economies and promoting access to opportunity". Some of its most recognized programs include the flagship Fulbright Program; and Gilman Scholarships administered for the U.S. Department of State. It also awards the Andrew Heiskell Award.
IIE is also well known for its Open Doors Report, which is released each fall and is a widely cited resource on international students and scholars studying or teaching at colleges and universities in the United States, and U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit at their home colleges or universities.
The institute was established in 1919 at the cessation of World War I. Nobel Peace Prize winners Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, and Elihu Root, former Secretary of State, and Stephen Duggan, Sr., Professor of Political Science at the College of the City of New York (and IIE's first President) formed the Institute of International Education with the outlook that educational exchange would incite understanding between nations.
(In 1946, Duggan's son, Laurence Duggan became president of the IIE, after serving in the U.S. Department of State. In early December 1948, FBI agents questioned him on his involvement in the Hiss-Chambers Case. on December 15, 1948, he appeared to commit suicide by jumping from the window of his IIE office on the 16th floor.)
In 2009, the institute celebrated its 90th anniversary. Over the years it has developed into one of the largest references for international exchange in the world. IIE began as an organized student, faculty and teacher exchange with several European governments. At the time, IIE President Stephen Duggan influenced the U.S. government to create a new category of nonimmigrant student visas, bypassing post-war quotas set by the Immigration Act of 1921. In the 1930s, IIE began expanding its activities beyond Europe, opening the first exchanges with the Soviet Union and Latin America. After World War II, the Institute facilitated the establishment of what is now NAFSA and the CIEE. In the 1940s, IIE aided more than 4,000 U.S. students to study and work on reconstruction projects at European universities devastated by the war.
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