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- ↑ 10 years of IEASA history. Jooste, Nico. Port Elizabeth, South Africa: International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA). 2007. hdl:10962/65356. ISBN 978-1920176006. OCLC 703219286.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "What We Do | IEASA". IEASA. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ↑ Quinlan, Orla (2017). "Editor's Letter". Study South Africa: The Guide to South African Higher Education: Advancing Internationalisation in an Era of Transformation. hdl:10962/64850. ISBN 9780620769662.