CIE students are encouraged to apply their learning by working with education systems and educators during their studies. Many CIE students are mid-career professionals who undertake consulting or field work as part of their degree program. The articles in this section chronicle professional activities of current students including articles on presentations at professional conferences, and a new series of articles on dissertation research that is under way.
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In March of 2024, CIES held its 68th annual Conference in Miami. The conference included two days online, and after a two-day break, five days of in-person conference.
Three CIE members contribute to the November 2023 issues of the Comparative Education Review.
The Comparative and International Education Society (
In May 2023 
CIE hosts monthly meetings of an international "Café Without Borders" to bring together a community of graduate students from around the world.
The 67th annual CIES Conference was held in Washington, D.C. in February this year. The conference was organized in an unusual split format: two days online, then a two-day break, followed by five days of in-person conference.
The CIE network was again well represented at the 2022 CIES conference in Minneapolis with nearly 30 CIE/IE graduates, current students and faculty members listed on the program.
ring 2022 Nangyalai Attal received a research grant from the 
The research explores additional funding sources and options for financing public universities in Afghanistan which are faced with exploding demand and limited government resources.
Nangyalai Attal has been awarded a visiting fellowship with the Echidna Global Scholars Program of the Brookings Institute