INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATES

P.O. BOX 34430, Bethesda, MD 20827

Phone: (301) 493-4982

FAX: (301) 530-2461

E-Mail: iea@pruittfamily.com

INTRODUCTION

International Education Associates, Inc (IEA), is a consulting firm, specializing in different aspects of international education.  It has been in existence for more than 10 years.   IEA works with educational institutions, governmental  and non-governmental organizations in the US and overseas.

SERVICES

To assist clients in meeting the new challenges of the 21st Century, IEA provides the following services:

•      Placing and monitoring students from overseas who are interested in studying in US institutions.

•        Recruiting and placing US faculty members in overseas institutions.

•        Recruiting US students to study abroad in language institutes.

•        Evaluating foreign credentials.

•        Selecting US students for overseas scholarships and positions.

•        Evaluating international development programs on paper and on site.

•        Developing exchange programs and facilitating linkages between institutions in the US and abroad.

•        Placing interns from abroad in US businesses.

•        Organizing short-term educational  programs in the US for overseas visitors.

•        Organizing re-entry programs for students ready to return to their home countries.

CLIENTS

IEA has worked in and with  the following countries:

Benin, Egypt, France, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Togo, and the United Kingdom. 

STAFF

Dr France Pruitt

Gretchen Donaldson

IEA was founded and is administered by Dr. France J. Pruitt, now the President.  Dr. Pruitt has been involved in many aspects of international education for the past 30 years.   She received a BA from Swarthmore College, an MA from SUNY at Buffalo, and a doctorate from l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, France.  She has been a university administrator in Illinois, Delaware, New York, and Virginia where she opened and administered offices of international student affairs.  In her last university position, she created the Office of International Programs and Services with an English language institute.  She ran that office for 7 years with a staff of more than 20 people.  Dr. Pruitt has been a consultant for the World Bank, the governments of Togo and Japan, the State of New Jersey , the Departments of State, Education, and Agriculture, the Agency for International Development, and the US Information Agency.   She has traveled extensively in Africa and Asia, lecturing on US culture and higher education.