Rebecca Hawthorne

IPERC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, partners with schools around the world to develop educationally sound and beneficial programs that increase international student enrollment and promote cross-cultural communication through education. At the K-12 level, IPERC supports schools by boosting international student recruitment, managing student homestay programs, facilitating short-term educational camps and tourism, coordinating sister school relationships, hosting an international underwater robotics competition, and operating an online US high school, Ready Global Academy. At the post-secondary level, IPERC supports partner universities, including Baylor University, Marquette University, The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Seattle University, Saint Louis University, King's College University, Bishop's University, Edinburgh Napier University, and Richmond, the American International University of London to recruit international students and develop international joint-university programs. IPERC also operates the Advanced College Credit Program (ACCP), an international dual enrollment pathway program that allows students to complete the first year of college in their own country and receive direct admission to a renowned university abroad. For high school students, IPERC offers iStar Research, our specialty program that allows international students to gain research experience under the tutelage of professors from the Ivy League and other elite universities. IPERC's programs have helped thousands of international students to achieve their educational dreams.