In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC) has launched a new program for 82 English-language educators in Egypt.

The Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC) and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) announced today a new partnership to further collaborations between the two organizations on international online learning projects with a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Thirteen months ago, TIEC bid farewell to our last in-person exchange participants. A group of 11 K-12 English language teachers from Jordan, Tunisia, and Lebanon arrived in Austin only five days earlier.

While there is no question that COVID-19 has created unprecedented stress and strain on the international education community and industry, it has also brought forward innovation, from VR-enabled international student experiences to institutional support for globally-connected classrooms, to programs introducing students to international communities within their own cities of residence.

On April 13, 2021, TIEC sent a letter on behalf of Texas universities to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging encouraging the department to resume visa processing for international students at embassies and consulates around the world.

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