StudyAbroad.com’s The Globe

An article in the Independent Florida Alligator, written by Seeta Rebbapragada, has several different perspectives on the role the current economic environment is having on students decisions to study abroad. 
Check out the article…
What do you think?

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While the information in The Smith College Sophian is somewhat contrary to the information we have been hearing anecdotally it is definitly worth monitoring.  Has anyone else seen similar trends?
Studying abroad is considered one of the highlights of an undergraduate education: the opportunity to study for a year, a semester, a summer or even a [...]

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During the past year, the U.S. dollar has declined nearly twenty percent against the euro. On April 23, 2008, one euro was equal to $1.60, an all-time low for the dollar. Currency exchange rates affect the cost of study abroad, and students feel the impact when the dollar falls. While most study abroad program [...]

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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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A Brookdale Community College student Elizabeth Musica has been awarded a prestigious Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship for the fall 2008 semester. Ms. Musica is majoring in Spanish and will be studying at the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil in Ecuador. She will be taking Spanish language and culture courses.
Her study abroad program is [...]

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UCLA is on track to have the most Gilman Scholarship winners in a single year. Last year 18 students were awarded Gilman Scholarships and so far just in the fall that mark has been tied with the spring semester yet to go.
The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
are based on need and merit for students looking [...]

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The bar has just been raised at George Washington University as seven GW students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad. Having seven winners of this scholarship is a new record for GW.
The highly competitive 2008-09 David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships were awarded by the National Security Education Program. The Boren Scholarships are [...]

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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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