I had a phone interview today with a nonprofit outsource of the US Department of State, focus on international education, Latin America HQ in Mexico City. The web site is very comprehensive - nice and shiny, with success stories and lots of smiling faces.
Over the course of the interview, it was revealed that what they will be focusing on this fall is information and resources regarding scholarships not for American universities, but rather for this university that is being built in Saudi Arabia, in the name of the king, that will have the 6th largest endowment in the world and therefore lots of money for international scholarships for people who really can't afford to study abroad. So basically the US state department will be pushing well qualified Mexicans to study in Saudi Arabia.
OK, it makes sense, but I'm really taken aback. I guess the Saudi government must be calling in favors. It could be really interesting, but I'm not sure I want to get personally involved. This could all be a bit premature, since they haven't offered me anything yet, but the interview went really well and I'd be surprised if they didn't want me to come.
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