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TIEC 2022 Annual Report

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TEXAS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUMAnnual Report 2022 Texas Based, Globally Engaged

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So, what did we do well? Without giving the whole report away, we: grew to a record 41 members; grew our assets despite the ups and downs of the global President & CEOPreparing an annual report is a process that many At TIEC, we start fresh in January, informed by the lessons we learned from the previous year, but looking at the past three years as we consider forced a reevaluation of success for all of us: our operational backbone became the focus, and sheer funders, our banking institutions, our programs and We proved that we can master new technology world will continue to face new health challenges, I am grateful for what we learned over the past three years about what it means to be I am thankful for the TIEC team, the Board of Directors, our members and our partners whose contributions and support allowed TIEC to be advance our mission and grow our assets during the troubling years of our community during the most challenging periods, even when through careful analysis, forecasting, stakeholder engagement and board support, and they represent the tendency toward boldness for Over the past year, TIEC advanced on our mission while growing our membership and our assets, and carrying out our commitment to the TIEC Fellowship for Afghan Evacuees.

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So, what did we do well? Without giving the whole report away, we: grew to a record 41 members; grew our assets despite the ups and downs of the global President & CEOPreparing an annual report is a process that many At TIEC, we start fresh in January, informed by the lessons we learned from the previous year, but looking at the past three years as we consider forced a reevaluation of success for all of us: our operational backbone became the focus, and sheer funders, our banking institutions, our programs and We proved that we can master new technology world will continue to face new health challenges, I am grateful for what we learned over the past three years about what it means to be I am thankful for the TIEC team, the Board of Directors, our members and our partners whose contributions and support allowed TIEC to be advance our mission and grow our assets during the troubling years of our community during the most challenging periods, even when through careful analysis, forecasting, stakeholder engagement and board support, and they represent the tendency toward boldness for Over the past year, TIEC advanced on our mission while growing our membership and our assets, and carrying out our commitment to the TIEC Fellowship for Afghan Evacuees.

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HIGHLIGHTSPresident's Message Board Chair Message Connecting with Consortia  Membership     Looking Ahead Harnessing the ingenuity of Texas to do good in the world.INDEX & CONTENTMembership»Connecting»»Programs»around the world toward building educational access, economic opportunity, institutional capacity, and professional 

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HIGHLIGHTSPresident's Message Board Chair Message Connecting with Consortia  Membership     Looking Ahead Harnessing the ingenuity of Texas to do good in the world.INDEX & CONTENTMembership»Connecting»»Programs»around the world toward building educational access, economic opportunity, institutional capacity, and professional 

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sdafjakLawrence SchovanecTIEC Board ChairL. SchovecMESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMANthis opportunity to thank you for your support of TIEC and share some of the highlights of the past year and initiatives  professional fellowships and/or study TIEC was the chief motivator for our members to consider hosting these to match individuals with hosts and to work through partnership agreements created opportunities that otherwise While we learned many lessons along represents an important attribute of TIEC membership in the emphasis on and value  progress in developing a comprehensive strategy to solidify TIEC as a global leader TIEC assets can motivate new innovations part of a new strategy to invest in direct  and TIEC administration that will strengthen core internationalization capabilities across all member TIEC will continue to: create opportunities for faculty to participate those who need the support; and seek funding opportunities on behalf  There has never been a better time to be a TIEC member and we look Dr. Lawrence SchovanecTIEC Board ChairThere has never been a better time to be a TIEC member.

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sdafjakLawrence SchovanecTIEC Board ChairL. SchovecMESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMANthis opportunity to thank you for your support of TIEC and share some of the highlights of the past year and initiatives  professional fellowships and/or study TIEC was the chief motivator for our members to consider hosting these to match individuals with hosts and to work through partnership agreements created opportunities that otherwise While we learned many lessons along represents an important attribute of TIEC membership in the emphasis on and value  progress in developing a comprehensive strategy to solidify TIEC as a global leader TIEC assets can motivate new innovations part of a new strategy to invest in direct  and TIEC administration that will strengthen core internationalization capabilities across all member TIEC will continue to: create opportunities for faculty to participate those who need the support; and seek funding opportunities on behalf  There has never been a better time to be a TIEC member and we look Dr. Lawrence SchovanecTIEC Board ChairThere has never been a better time to be a TIEC member.

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As a consortium, TIEC is building partnerships with consortia in Texas and around the world. Consortia are set up to eiciently create pathways for collaboration. This was the purpose upon which TIEC was built, and we are committed to increasing and formalizing our approach to partnerships with other consortia. In 2022, we initiated some strategic alliances and participated in consortia/association events that helped us meet our mission to expand higher education globalization.Their recognition of TIEC as a mechanism to support academic collaboration indicates the importance of international collaboration to the academic success of TIEC was pleased to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Association with a virtual networking event that engaged 54 international education community members from universities AARUTCCAO

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As a consortium, TIEC is building partnerships with consortia in Texas and around the world. Consortia are set up to eiciently create pathways for collaboration. This was the purpose upon which TIEC was built, and we are committed to increasing and formalizing our approach to partnerships with other consortia. In 2022, we initiated some strategic alliances and participated in consortia/association events that helped us meet our mission to expand higher education globalization.Their recognition of TIEC as a mechanism to support academic collaboration indicates the importance of international collaboration to the academic success of TIEC was pleased to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Association with a virtual networking event that engaged 54 international education community members from universities AARUTCCAO

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12 Afghan fellows were placed at 5 Texas universities, providing a so landing and strong start for Afghan evacuees, the majority of whom are women..Curriculum ServicesPrograms in which TIEC works with teachers, faculty, or administrators to improve their curriculum and instructional capacity . Since the inception of TIEC in 1985, we have worked with teachers, faculty, and administrators to improve their curriculum and/or contracts and grants, TIEC's curriculum services include online course design, improvement, establishment of new degree programs, and review and/or modernization University PartnershipsPrograms that facilitate cooperation between our member university administrators, faculty, and researchers and peers around the world. The heart of TIEC is our facilitation of collaboration at the individual and institutional level between our member universities and through many methods, to include MOUs with higher education consortia, at international conferences, and vetting and introducing potential InternationalizationPrograms that contribute to the increased capacity of members — individual and institutional — to internationalize their curriculum, policies, programs, and methodologies. the capacity of members — individual and institutional — to internationalize their faculty, students, curriculum, policies, Evacuees in order to create a new model of hosting international students and scholars, and to increase the global perspectives at TIEC has long been a champion for and is pleased to have been selected as Englishlanguage learning for individual students.professional development programs for English instructors and administrators Teaching Institute helps universities and schools create, grow, and improve their 

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12 Afghan fellows were placed at 5 Texas universities, providing a so landing and strong start for Afghan evacuees, the majority of whom are women..Curriculum ServicesPrograms in which TIEC works with teachers, faculty, or administrators to improve their curriculum and instructional capacity . Since the inception of TIEC in 1985, we have worked with teachers, faculty, and administrators to improve their curriculum and/or contracts and grants, TIEC's curriculum services include online course design, improvement, establishment of new degree programs, and review and/or modernization University PartnershipsPrograms that facilitate cooperation between our member university administrators, faculty, and researchers and peers around the world. The heart of TIEC is our facilitation of collaboration at the individual and institutional level between our member universities and through many methods, to include MOUs with higher education consortia, at international conferences, and vetting and introducing potential InternationalizationPrograms that contribute to the increased capacity of members — individual and institutional — to internationalize their curriculum, policies, programs, and methodologies. the capacity of members — individual and institutional — to internationalize their faculty, students, curriculum, policies, Evacuees in order to create a new model of hosting international students and scholars, and to increase the global perspectives at TIEC has long been a champion for and is pleased to have been selected as Englishlanguage learning for individual students.professional development programs for English instructors and administrators Teaching Institute helps universities and schools create, grow, and improve their 

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110participantsWith the sponsorship of U.S. Embassy Accra, TIEC and the Online Learning Excellence in online teaching and learning. This blended event convened digital learning leaders in ideation, collaboration, and networking around opportunities to advance access to learning through distance Education Innovation in West AfricaThe showcase focused on innovative technologies and pathways for achieving ensuring water and food security, and sustaining agricultural and energy Assiut University, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Badr University, Egyptian universities presented the Climate and Energy Impact Showcase during the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27).Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptCOP27 Climate and Energy Impact Showcase: Egypt and Texas Universities

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110participantsWith the sponsorship of U.S. Embassy Accra, TIEC and the Online Learning Excellence in online teaching and learning. This blended event convened digital learning leaders in ideation, collaboration, and networking around opportunities to advance access to learning through distance Education Innovation in West AfricaThe showcase focused on innovative technologies and pathways for achieving ensuring water and food security, and sustaining agricultural and energy Assiut University, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Badr University, Egyptian universities presented the Climate and Energy Impact Showcase during the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27).Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptCOP27 Climate and Energy Impact Showcase: Egypt and Texas Universities

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pleased to receive approval to continue our collaboration through AUIS' plans to further adapt their curriculum to incorporate diversity and gender and shorten the program graduation length to serve women students, modernize processes and tools to support continuous internal program review and improvement, professional development workshops planned for the American University of Iraq Sulaimani (AUIS)NEXT30 – Young Leaders of Central Asiain collaboration with Meridian InternationalCollaborative Capacity Building:  Course ImprovementBaghdad Business School Program LaunchTIEC began a relationship with the newly established Baghdad opportunities in the private sector through the provision of building academic, administrative, and curriculum capacity 16participants

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pleased to receive approval to continue our collaboration through AUIS' plans to further adapt their curriculum to incorporate diversity and gender and shorten the program graduation length to serve women students, modernize processes and tools to support continuous internal program review and improvement, professional development workshops planned for the American University of Iraq Sulaimani (AUIS)NEXT30 – Young Leaders of Central Asiain collaboration with Meridian InternationalCollaborative Capacity Building:  Course ImprovementBaghdad Business School Program LaunchTIEC began a relationship with the newly established Baghdad opportunities in the private sector through the provision of building academic, administrative, and curriculum capacity 16participants

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 Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Hospital ProjectTIEC has been a friend and partner to PMU since its inception as a new university has continued to assist PMU with curriculum services, and PMU became TIEC's comprehensive planning tools for an academic medical center to accompany their Online Global Communityis both a discussion forum and an outreach platform designed to keep our participants, alumni, and educators connected so they can continue sharing 

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 Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Hospital ProjectTIEC has been a friend and partner to PMU since its inception as a new university has continued to assist PMU with curriculum services, and PMU became TIEC's comprehensive planning tools for an academic medical center to accompany their Online Global Communityis both a discussion forum and an outreach platform designed to keep our participants, alumni, and educators connected so they can continue sharing 

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Ajman UniversityAjman, United Arab EmiratesBadr University in Cairo Badr, Egypt Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaScience and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi ArabiaInnovative Internationalization Engaging with members on international partnership development Expanding our public-private partnerships for membership cooperationIncreased Networking and Collaborationworked across various networks to build strong channels of communication that support faculty and administrators keen on strengthening their internationalization our network to include international consortium, strengthen engagement, To further align TIEC human resources Education and Impact to strengthen and The new Director also oversees our bearing models of academic collaboration Manager oversees this process and is work with to pursue funded programs and research, and collaborate via TIEC to pursue opportunities to strengthen their globalization outcomes for their students, support member internationalization goals Develop and implement grant-funded programs with partners Convene with experts in topical global issues, giving voice and visibility to Texas expertise, and coalescing members together to engage in programmatic opportunities• Presidents' Forum on Climate Solutions and Higher Education• Texas Higher Education booth at NAFSA annual conference & expo• Spring Operating Council meeting• Colombia-Texas universities virtual networking event• Open Doors Report 2022: Interpreting Texas' Trends • Fall Operating Council meeting 

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Ajman UniversityAjman, United Arab EmiratesBadr University in Cairo Badr, Egypt Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaScience and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi ArabiaInnovative Internationalization Engaging with members on international partnership development Expanding our public-private partnerships for membership cooperationIncreased Networking and Collaborationworked across various networks to build strong channels of communication that support faculty and administrators keen on strengthening their internationalization our network to include international consortium, strengthen engagement, To further align TIEC human resources Education and Impact to strengthen and The new Director also oversees our bearing models of academic collaboration Manager oversees this process and is work with to pursue funded programs and research, and collaborate via TIEC to pursue opportunities to strengthen their globalization outcomes for their students, support member internationalization goals Develop and implement grant-funded programs with partners Convene with experts in topical global issues, giving voice and visibility to Texas expertise, and coalescing members together to engage in programmatic opportunities• Presidents' Forum on Climate Solutions and Higher Education• Texas Higher Education booth at NAFSA annual conference & expo• Spring Operating Council meeting• Colombia-Texas universities virtual networking event• Open Doors Report 2022: Interpreting Texas' Trends • Fall Operating Council meeting 

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Over the last three plus decades, TIEC's pivotal in seeing the organization through The health of our reserves allowed us to go forward with our commitment to the TIEC member of our international education community, and to mobilize funds to TIEC Awards and Programs During FY2022US Embassy AccraUS Embassy TunisUS Embassy CairoCentral Asia Journalists in ResidenceMeridian InternationalUS Embassy CairoMeridian InternationalOur reserves have allowed us to retain a low annual membership fee, invest in the Fellowship for Afghan Evacuees, and plan for a 2023 launch of the Texas International Eduction Fund.Operations: Lean and FlexibleAs reported last year, streamlining operations allowed TIEC to fully transition our capabilities as Our reserves have also allowed us to annual membership fee, to test new approaches and gain feedback from streams from both our consulting services of being at a balanced programmatic We were pleased to receive another clean year from September to October, to ease reporting for our federal grants and to 

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Over the last three plus decades, TIEC's pivotal in seeing the organization through The health of our reserves allowed us to go forward with our commitment to the TIEC member of our international education community, and to mobilize funds to TIEC Awards and Programs During FY2022US Embassy AccraUS Embassy TunisUS Embassy CairoCentral Asia Journalists in ResidenceMeridian InternationalUS Embassy CairoMeridian InternationalOur reserves have allowed us to retain a low annual membership fee, invest in the Fellowship for Afghan Evacuees, and plan for a 2023 launch of the Texas International Eduction Fund.Operations: Lean and FlexibleAs reported last year, streamlining operations allowed TIEC to fully transition our capabilities as Our reserves have also allowed us to annual membership fee, to test new approaches and gain feedback from streams from both our consulting services of being at a balanced programmatic We were pleased to receive another clean year from September to October, to ease reporting for our federal grants and to 

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 at ArlingtonPresident Jennifer CowleyDIRECTORTIEC Board of DirectorsFY2023 UniversityPresident Lawrence Schovanec International UniversityPresident Pablo Arenaz at Dallas DIRECTOR  DIRECTORThe University of  DIRECTORTexas International Education Fund: Investing in our MembersLooking Ahead to 2023

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 at ArlingtonPresident Jennifer CowleyDIRECTORTIEC Board of DirectorsFY2023 UniversityPresident Lawrence Schovanec International UniversityPresident Pablo Arenaz at Dallas DIRECTOR  DIRECTORThe University of  DIRECTORTexas International Education Fund: Investing in our MembersLooking Ahead to 2023

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Building Partnerships in Key Focus Areas and RegionsRenewable Energy and Healthgoals, create strategic partnerships and alliances to strengthen member programming, and link organizational capacity and outcomes to global We will create programming and facilitate collaborative opportunities that we will facilitate meaningful opportunities for partnership development by hosting virtual networking events with higher education consortia and domestic and international conferences and improve brand awareness to Beginning of a New EraNew TIEC Headquarters, Sta, and Opportunitiesnew home, we have modernized our workspace, instituted a hybrid work model, onboarded four new team members, and hosted our stakeholders and friends, simultaneously large enough to convene our stakeholders and host international 

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Building Partnerships in Key Focus Areas and RegionsRenewable Energy and Healthgoals, create strategic partnerships and alliances to strengthen member programming, and link organizational capacity and outcomes to global We will create programming and facilitate collaborative opportunities that we will facilitate meaningful opportunities for partnership development by hosting virtual networking events with higher education consortia and domestic and international conferences and improve brand awareness to Beginning of a New EraNew TIEC Headquarters, Sta, and Opportunitiesnew home, we have modernized our workspace, instituted a hybrid work model, onboarded four new team members, and hosted our stakeholders and friends, simultaneously large enough to convene our stakeholders and host international 

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Annual Report Consortium