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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 6. 1962.

New Centre in New York for Students of All Nations

New Centre in New York for Students of All Nations

The growth of the educational exchange between the United States and other nations will presently give rise to a new 14-storey building on the United States Plaza in New York City. It will be known as the Centre for International Education. To be built by the 42-year-old Institute of International Education (IIE), it will continue the tradition of this organisation as headquarters for thousands of students from all parts of the world.

The Institute of International Education has administered exchange programmes involving more than 50,000 American and foreign students and many two-way scholarships. Its first student programme was established in 1919 in behalf of refugee Russian students in the United States who could not return home after the Revolution of 1917.

Nearly all today's students will return to the home countries. In 1961 I.I.E. administered projects involving 5,940 persons. Among these were 713 foreign specialists, 3,036 foreign students from 99 countries, and 2,191 Americans studying in 39 countries. The institute is also an information centre on all aspects of international education.

Among the outstanding I.I.E. programs are: Fulbright Scholarships—administered since 1949 for the U.S. Government, with almost 900 Americans sent abroad annually and approximately 1,300 foreign students receiving travel grants to the United States; African Exchange—almost 400 students from the new nations of Africa will be studying in the United States under programmes sponsored by colleges and universities, foreign governments, the U.S. Government and private organizations; Ford International Fellowships— a programmer which brought 50 scholars from all parts of the world to study in the United States. I.I.E. developed and carried out this project for the Ford Motor Company.

The new centre for International Education was designed by architects Harrison, Abramovitz and Harris. It will have a frontage of 100 feet (30.5 metres) and provide more than 100,000 square feet (9,300 square metres) of space.

Centre for International Education, New York City