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Volume 1, Issue 5 April 2009 Newsletter In this Issue: » Boren Awards Award Announcements will be made in May » Educators Work to Increase U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World	Apr 2009

Boren Awards Award Announcements will be made in May

The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the tremendous response to the recent competition for the National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships and Scholarships.

This year, there were 499 applications for the Boren Fellowships and 896 applications for the Boren Scholarships. Both programs saw applications increase nearly 30 percent compared to last year’s figures.

Educators Work to Increase U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World

The Institute of International Education in cooperation with the Hollings Center for International Dialogue issued a new report that looks at Expanding U.S. Study Abroad in the Arab World. This is the latest issue in IIE's Study Abroad White Paper Series, “Meeting America's Global Education Challenge.” (The report can be downloaded free of charge at: www.iie.org/StudyAbroadCapacity.)