| Type | Non-profit |
|---|---|
| Founded | Delaware (1989) |
| Location | Global, executive office in College Park, MD |
| Key people | President John T.S. Keeler Executive Director Leigh Morris Sloane |
| Members | 33 member schools and 30 affiliate members |
| Website | http://www.apsia.org |
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The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a non-profit educational organization composed of graduate level schools of international affairs. Starting as a network of American graduate schools in the mid-1970s, APSIA was incorporated in 1989 and has since then grown into an international association with over 60 schools. Member schools meet on a regular basis to discuss educational issues and encourage contact among their students, faculties, and graduates. The Association is a resource for those in education who are concerned with increasing the vitality of international education in the undergraduate colleges, the graduate schools of arts and sciences, and other such areas of professional education as law, business and engineering.
APSIA comprises 33 member schools and 30 affiliate member programs in Asia, Europe, and North America. Full members of APSIA have undergone a rigorous review process and meet the following qualifications required for full APSIA membership:
Affiliate members of APSIA have undergone a similar review process and meet some but not all of the full membership requirements. Each APSIA school was founded to train students to lead in a world where nations are increasingly linked in matters of peace and war, business and commerce, and the development and sharing of human and natural resources.
The member schools of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) are the primary sources of education for international affairs professionals in their respective countries. These schools prepare students for the global workplace of the 21st Century by combining multidisciplinary, policy-oriented, intercultural studies with career development. The APSIA schools are proud of their reputations for producing diverse, well-educated and sophisticated international affairs professionals, many of whom hold leadership positions in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors throughout the United States and the world.
Education at an APSIA school opens the door to careers in public service, private enterprise and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Graduates of APSIA schools hold executive and managerial positions throughout:
All APSIA schools offer two-year masters degree programs. Their courses of study are designed to impart a thorough knowledge of international relations, public policy, and the world's countries and cultures. Students gain the skills -- in economics, policy analysis, management, communications, and foreign languages -- that they need to excel as practitioners.
APSIA schools take a multi-disciplinary approach to professional education, offering programs that integrate political science, economics, history, law and business, as well as comparative, regional and international studies. Teaching methods stress the application of theory to practical issues in international relations.
Many APSIA schools offer joint and dual degree programs that combine the study of international affairs with such fields as law, business, public policy, environmental studies, social work or public health.
Students at the APSIA schools have strong academic credentials and are drawn from many excellent undergraduate institutions from around the world. Most have studied, worked or traveled overseas. Half of the students are women and 30 percent are foreign nationals, representing almost every country in the world.
The faculty of the APSIA schools includes noted scholars and practitioners who enhance the international effectiveness of institutions in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Through their research, writing, teaching and media commentaries, APSIA faculty members contribute to international affairs scholarship and global understanding.
Midcareer and non-degree programs are open to diplomats, government officials, journalists and other professionals interested in further academic training. APSIA schools sponsor a variety of conferences and seminars on foreign policy issues to enhance the professional development of scholars and other practitioners.
The Fellowship provides graduate students at APSIA member schools the opportunity to spend a summer working on foreign affairs issues at a U.S. federal government agency or department.[1] Established in 1977 in memory of Harold Wallace Rosenthal, a Congressional staffer and victim of international terrorism while on official duty, the Program has hosted 155 Fellows inclusive of the 2011 cohort. The European Union Visitors Program (EVP) has selected a minimum of one Rosenthal Fellow every year as an “EVP” Fellow since the inception of the program.
Fellows are selected based on their commitment to public service, their education and interest in international relations as well as their experience and dedication to those values and professional standards set by Mr. Rosenthal and the legacy of Rosenthal Fellowship alumni.
Run in association with APSIA, the Rosenthal Fellowship receives support from a number of individual donors as well as the Rotary Foundation and, previously, from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Fellows are current graduate students in international affairs nominated by their schools and are both US citizens and foreign nationals.
The Japan Travel Program allows for graduate students interested in Japan, the U.S.-Japan relationship, and public service to spend ten days in Japan.[2] Program Fellows meet with experts and leaders from the business, government, non-profit, and policy sectors. Participants also engage in self-organized research activities in such areas as international economics, foreign policy, public diplomacy, national security, and environmental sustainability. Additionally, they have excursions to historical and cultural Japanese sites.
The program is committed to fostering and supporting the next generation of American future leaders who can participate constructively in a greater U.S.-Japan bilateral dialogue with an understanding of the role of Japan in global affairs.
The Fellows are graduate students from U.S.-based APSIA member schools who have been chosen through a highly competitive selection process. Students must be nominated by their school (two nominations per school) with the final selection carried out by the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) in conjunction with APSIA. Participants are selected from a pool of highly qualified finalists who demonstrate diverse expertise and perspectives as well as the ability to engage in a leadership role in a globalized world.