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EducationUSA & State/Regional

Consortia

Working together toward internationalizing U.S. campuses

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• 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

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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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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

mbennett@educationusa.info : www.educationusa.info

Skype:  iiembennett

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