StudyAbroad.com’s The Globe

A Message about Study Abroad to the Next President
The Association of International Educators, NAFSA, has some advice for the next President of the United States, whomever that may be, when it comes to the important national goal of sending more American students to study abroad each year. Since the presidency is directly involved with [...]

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The Institute of International Education published the following ten countries as the leading study abroad destinations for U.S. students in the 2007 OpenDoors report.

United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
France
Australia
Mexico
China
Germany
Costa Rica
Ireland

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Are universities cheating their own students out of study abroad options?
Richard C. Sutton, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, recently wrote a thought-provoking opinion piece for Inside Higher Ed which suggests just that. Sutton, vice chancellor for international programs at the Board, had some biting criticism of the ways in which some [...]

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11 Michigan State University students on an exchange program in India are getting valuable lessons outside of the classroom. The MSU students are part of a month-long Study Abroad program of the university with the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).
The MSU students are seeing the vetinary profession from an Indian viewpoint [...]

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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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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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In the 10 months Joshua James, a Glenville State College junior, was in the the United Arab Emirates studying business and marketing he had the opportunity to learn a lot more.
“The Emirati culture, including lifestyle, song and dance, and local food are very unique to the Persian Gulf,” said James.
To read more on how this [...]

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Holly Mincks, a student at Michigan State University, had a chance to get up close to study animals she had only seen on television as part of her study abroad program, Behavioral Ecology of African Mammals in Kenya. Her love for animals and pursuit of her studies brought her to Kenya.
“It was just the [...]

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When you think of study abroad you might not think about it with an agriculture theme. Virginia Tech is running it’s first program to Brazil and the focus is Agribusiness, Language and Culture in Brazil.
This Virginia Tech study abroad program is a great example of a school taking their focus global and exposing students [...]

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