Other Iranian-American organization partnered with 2010 Census:


Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans PAAIA

The National Iranian American Council NIAC

Iranian Studies Group at MIT invites you to take part in our second research survey, focusing on Iranian skilled individuals migration, the so called "brain drain" phenomenon.

In 2004, we published a report based on our analysis of US census data on the socio-economic status of Iranian-Americans. Following that study, we conducted an opinion survey to learn more about the characteristics of Iranians in the U.S., the results of which are reported in multiple publications available at our website: http://isgmit.org/.


Now, we invite you to contribute to global Iranian community by taking part in this new survey. It studies what factors affect return or non-return of Iranian skilled individuals who have migrated from Iran.

Please fill out this survey if you are:

a) a student of Iranian descent studying abroad at the undergraduate and graduate levels and you have completed at least your high school degree in Iran.

or

b) an Iranian descendant holding an academic degree, employed in a country outside Iran and have completed at least your high school degree in Iran.

Please follow the link below and fill out the survey. It is anonymous, takes less than 15 minutes, and is a valuable source of information for improving the understanding about our community:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9kaTdD_2fw7tquSk_2fH6OW8vg_3d_3d

Please help us by spreading the word among your friends and family members outside of Iran.

Iranian Studies Group at MIT, 2007-2008 general operating expenses: PARSA CF has awarded $5,000 to the group to promote Iranian civil society by conducting research on issues related to Iranian native and diaspora societies.


PARSA CF is the first Persian community foundation in the U.S. and the leading Persian philanthropic institution practicing strategic philanthropy and promoting social entrepreneurship around the globe.


Managing the largest independent endowment fund dedicated to Persian philanthropy, PARSA CF provides tax-advantaged vehicles to donors and makes grants to nonprofit organizations. Its foci include preservation and advancement of Persian arts and culture, development of leaders through fellowships and awards, and encouragement of civic engagement through nonprofit capacity building and voter registration.


PARSA CF provides opportunities for collaborative giving, philanthropic education and purposeful networking. The organization is a nonpartisan, nonreligious, nonprofit registered as a 501(c) (3) entity in the United States. PARSA Community Foundation does not make grants in Iran.


For a list of other grantees, please click here.

In 2005, the Iranian Studies Group at MIT undertook a comprehensive survey of Iranian-American community characteristics to better understand what it means to be Iranian-American. The survey included over 40 questions and 3880 individuals filled it online. The initial phase of the reporting of the results focused on the basic characteristics and statistics regarding this survey. In this paper we report some of the early results from partial regression analysis on some of the interesting themes in the survey.
While online surveys typically tap into a selective sample of the population and therefore their aggregate statistics (e.g. average age, education, etc) do not necessarily represent the characteristics of the community as a whole, conducting regression analysis on survey results often yields more reliable insights. For example, 60 percent of the respondents to an online survey may have a bachelors degree and 30 percent to earn over 100000 $/year, even though the underlying population on which the survey is conducted has only 30 percent bachelor holders and 20% of that population earns over 100000 $/year. However, if we conduct a regression to find the determinants of income in this population it is very likely that we get the same determinants of the income (e.g. education, age, and so on), because many of the same variables influence the income regardless of which social group one belongs to.
Therefore the regression analysis that aims at finding out the correlations and determinants of different characteristics of Iranian-Americans is a suitable way to explore the rich data provided in the above-mentioned survey.
In the following discussion we first report the variables used in the analysis, their statistics, and their correlation table. Afterwards, we focus on a few interesting questions regarding the characteristics of the Iranian American community.

You can view the complete paper here.


To see the power point file which was presented at the IAAB 2007 conference, click here.

Many of students who study in North America are confronted by a lots of emails from their friend back home about studying abroad. Obviously it is quite time consuming to respond them one by one and with details. This document is going to answer general questions on this matter. Obviously, it is not possible to address all specific questions in here, as they highly depend on individual personal situations. This document is trying to address general questions in an organized manner. PDF in Persian

You can find more information at PSA@MIT website.

You can also visit www.educationusairan.com and paziresh.info