International Exchange Programs Strengthen the Global Community

Each year thousands of international visitors travel to and from the United States on exchange programs funded by public and private sources. For the past 50 years, Graduate School USA’s International Institute has administered a diverse array of exchange programs for the U.S. government, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. With the start of 2012, the International Institute staff had a chance to reflect on the importance of exchange programs, the challenges of implementing them, and creative suggestions for improving them.