The School of Education now serves as the new home base of the Comparative and International Education Society, following the recent appointment of M. Najeeb Shafiq as executive director. Shafiq, who serves as professor of education, economics and international affairs at Pitt, holds appointments in the School of Education, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Economics.

According to its website, the society “organizes and provides conferences, publications, professional networking and research support for the field of comparative and international education,” and represents members “from over 1,000 universities, research institutes, government departments, non-governmental organizations and multilateral agencies.”

As the new home institution of the society, the School of Education is poised to have greater exposure to the study of global issues in education, Shafiq said. The school is expected to host events with significant leaders in the field, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Economic Policy Institute, the RAND Corporation and the American Institutes for Research.