Neela Nandyal, PhD Student in OLPD’s Comparative and International Development Education program, was recently named to a 3-year term on the Board of Directors of the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES).

Established in 1956 and with more than 4,000 individual members representing over 1,000 universities, research institutes, government departments, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral agencies across the globe, CIES is the largest and oldest comparative and international education society in the world. From cross-disciplinary perspectives, CIES members explore educational issues related to schools, students, teachers, and administrators — from early childhood and primary school to secondary and higher education, as well as non-formal education and lifelong learning. Some compare achievement inequalities across socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity, and language. Others examine the relationship between education and cultural processes, democratization, globalization, economic development, and political conflict.

The Board of Directors is the legislative and policy-making body of the Society, with the power to review and direct the general affairs of the Association. Read more