StudyAbroad.com’s The Globe

What is the true benefit of studying abroad?
Is it meeting new people, learning about new cultures, experiences new languages?
If that’s the case, can it be done virtually?
That’s the question we have after reading this article about how the virtual reality “videogame” Second Life is spreading into study abroad.
At StudyAbroad.com, we believe one of the [...]

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Beijing will be the focus of the world during the Summer Olympics and study abroad programs and students from the US will be there.
Some of the US programs are in Beijing every summer and some have the Summer Olympics as their focus. In either case Beijing is going to be a very busy and [...]

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Another hopeful sign that study abroad interest and participation are still strong despite the US dollar being down coming in from Penn State. While the US dollar will get you less in the UK and a few other countries Penn State students are still interested in studying abroad.
John Keller, Penn State’s director of education [...]

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While the trend for US students to study abroad is in Western Europe there are opportunities in the developing world to study and have a positive impact on the local community.
Illinois Wesleyan prides itself on an education that prepares students to be part of a “global society” and offers programs with the School for International [...]

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A Northeastern student knowing that she wanted to study abroad based her study abroad selection on location. Many US students tend to pick location first when thinking to study abroad - but she chose the location based on not knowing too much about that country.
Emmania Rodriguez explains in an interview.
“I mainly chose Vietnam because [...]

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UNC’s Study Abroad Office has awarded scholarships to 40 students for study abroad for this summer and for the fall. The total dollar amount of scholarship is approximately $99,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships.
“We are excited to be able to award so many scholarships, especially given the weakness of the U.S. dollar, increases [...]

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For over a decade study abroad has grown in popularity. Each year steady growth in the number of students but not so much in the diversity of participation. While this issue does get talked about not much has changed.
The University of Maryland is looking to change that and they have devoted a site [...]

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From a post World War II rebuilding perspective with an economics professor this story begins. Add 17 students and some used bicycles from the Royal Air Force and set out to ride across the English countyside crossing the Channel to visit Belgium and France.
Over the years Arcadia University has grown into a leader in [...]

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Like it or not your dollar gets you less in Europe. Here is a posting that points to an increase in study abroad participation despite the increase in costs…
June 17, 2008
Study Abroad Remains Popular Despite Added Costs
With the greenback down by more than 20 percent against the euro and about 6 percent against [...]

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