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SPEAKING OF EUROPE - NEWS AND NOTES FROM IFE.
A quarterly letter from IFE about student achievement, developments at IFE, as well as trends, events, context.
Asturias, the most stimulating Spanish region you've never heard of
In the loose federation of regions that is Spain, Asturias vies for honors in several categories including as possibly the least known, beyond Spain, of Spanish regions.
The hot destination for study abroad? At IFE it's the lab bench
Stargazing or poring over old bones, science students at IFE last spring applied themselves to a rich array of research projects as interns. Over a third of the 44 students enrolled in an IFE program joined research laboratories and institutes across IFE's three...
It's not that simple and why it shouldn't be
Book Review. The simplification of the world: The loss of ambiguity and diversity by Thomas Bauer. The voice of German historian and Islam scholar Thomas Bauer is a voice we need to hear. After his fresh look at Islamic civilization, Bauer has written...
Your Calling is calling
It's usually not quite that simple, but it is a gratifying surprise to watch an IFE student discover that the work they and their host organization are doing embodies the career they had been imagining for themselves. A couple of examples will tell the...
Why are languages so foreign (to U.S. higher education)?
Most readers of this letter agree on the importance of language acquisition. What can be (and is being) done about the apparent decline of language instruction on the US campus?.
Recommended reading: Language study abroad
Book Review: The Professional Lives of Language Study Abroad Alumni, by Celeste Kinginger and Jingyaun Zhuan.