{"id":3212,"date":"2022-02-22T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:59:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"iie-program","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper is-layout-constrained wp-block-iie-navigation-wrapper-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-controls\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eyebrow\">Generation Study Abroad<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav id=\"navigation-wrapper-menu\" class=\"navigation-wrapper__menu\" aria-label=\"Sidebar Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3236\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/why-study-abroad\/\">Why Study Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3232\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/study-abroad-resources\/\">Study Abroad Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3212 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/\">About<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3229\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/impact\/\">Generation Study Abroad Impact<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3219 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/\">Commitment Partners<\/a>\n\t<ul class='children'>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3224\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/us-colleges-and-universities\/\">U.S. Colleges and Universities<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3223\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/organizations\/\">Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3220\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/international-colleges-and-universities\/\">International Universities<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3222\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/education-associations\/\">Education Associations<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3221\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/commitment-partners\/country-partners\/\">Country Partners<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-3231\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/programs\/generation-study-abroad\/about\/our-baseline\/\">Baseline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"navigation-wrapper__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"hero hero--logo\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__logo hero__logo-default\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1232\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IIE_GenerationStudy_Hor_Logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<h1>About<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Global Movement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially launched in 2014 as a five-year initiative, IIE developed Generation Study Abroad to mobilize resources and commitments with the goal of increasing the number of U.S. students studying abroad by the end of the decade. 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