Request for Applicants: 2017 Echidna Global Scholars Program

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The Center for Universal Education at Brookings is now accepting applications for the 2017 Echidna Global Scholars Program. Echidna Global Scholars spend nearly five months at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to pursue research on global education issues with an emphasis on girls’ education.

From May 10, 2016, STEM F-1 visa students can work for 3 years under OPT

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NEW YORK: F-1 visa students who are enrolled in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields of study from accredited educational institutions in the United States will be allowed, beginning from May 10, 2016, to work for as long as three years under the Optional Practical Training (OPT). The Department of Homeland Security released its final rule in this matter, which will be published in the Federal Register Friday, March 11. The rule goes into effect on May 10, 2016, which means that all students who are either under OPT till that date, or who qualify for OPT by then, will be able to work further, for a period totaling 36 months.

YALI Mandela Washington Fellow Summit

Je vous conseille de postuler à ce programme du gouvernement américain: Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).

YALI 2016

Un millier de jeunes leaders africains viennent de passer 6 semaines dans des universités américaines. Ils ont été sélectionnés parmi des dizaines de milliers de candidats à travers l'Afrique, dans le cadre du réseau Yali (Young african leaders initiative). Le stage s'est, pour beaucoup, terminé mercredi 3 août, lors d'une rencontre avec Barack Obama à Washington.