ICE Alumni Testimonials

My path to Stanford was anything but linear, but as a Stanford alum I am more focused than ever on what I want for my life both professionally and personally. I did not have a lot of international experience going into the IEAPA program, but I did have a M.Ed in Special Education and several... Read more

Armed with a BA in English language and a BS in Psychology from Peking University, I worked for two years with ActionAid International in China prior to coming to the Stanford Graduate School of Education. My job entailed working in a poor county in Northern China on rural development projects... Read more

I was very fortunate to have been introduced to the International Comparative Education program early in my undergraduate career at Stanford. As a Public Policy major, I had the opportunity to explore my education policy interests through classes at the Stanford Graduate School of Education,... Read more

As a native Chinese who majored in English in college, I came to appreciate education in a cross-cultural context from early on. My interaction with students from diverse cultural backgrounds through various exchange programs fostered my interest in comparative education. After obtaining my... Read more

"In the ICE MA program I focused on comparative civic education, and completed a monograph exploring the content of civic and history textbooks in Northern Ireland, England and the Republic of Ireland. I am particularly interested in how states recovering from violent ethnic conflict or... Read more

"Once I completed the master's degree in International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis, I returned to my position at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as Assistant Director, Basic Education Division II, Human Development Department. My position requires quite a bit... Read more

"After graduating from the ICE program, I was hired to work in Student Affairs at Stanford. The structure of our coursework in comparative education was enhanced perfectly by the chance to do original research and enroll in other Education courses that interested us outside of our concentrations... Read more

My year at SUSE provided me with the fundamentals of education beyond just the world of teaching. My coursework in the IEAPA program included research design, the economics of education, and curriculum development, among other classes, all of which combined gave me a clear picture of the state... Read more

"I was impressed with the caliber of people at the Stanford University School of Education, their creative thinking, and their sense of urgency to see the world change. The International Comparative Education (ICE) program challenged me to sharpen my thinking around major issues in education,... Read more

"I chose the Stanford ICE/IEAPA program for its small size, supportive faculty, and rigorous monograph requirements. The program served me well: I have been working for the past six years as an education researcher at the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International, focusing on... Read more