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Knowledge Community for Education Abroad
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Advising & Recruitment in Education Abroad Network
This network serves professionals - in the United States and abroad - whose interests lie in assisting U.S. students engaging in education abroad. Resources and information address topics including program design, administration, and advising.
Developing and Managing Programs Abroad Network
This network serves professionals - in the United States and abroad - whose interests lie in the development and management of programs abroad. Resources and information address topics including program models, budgets, faculty programs, and standards assessment.
Managing an Education Abroad Office Network
This network serves professionals in the United States whose interests lie in the managing and education abroad office. Resources and information address topics including professional development and HR issues, strategic planning, advocacy, and campus programming and connections.
Special Focus Network: Simon Study Abroad Act
As legislation moves through the U.S. Congress, universities and colleges across the United States are reviewing their capacity to send students abroad. This network provides resources for campuses who are establishing or expanding their education abroad initiatives – creating an office, developing new programs, seeking to increase the diversity of the students they are sending, looking for ways to send students to new destinations, and preparing staff and faculty to work with these new students and programs.
Education Abroad Leadership Team
NAFSA members may contact leaders through the online membership directory.
Nonmembers can contact leaders by submitting a request form to a network leader below.
- James N. Gehlhar, Chair
University of Tennessee-Knoxville - Stacia Zukroff, Chair-elect
The Scholar Ship - Stephen M. Ferst, Past-chair and 2009 Conference Coordinator
Rutgers University-New Brunswick - Susan Atkins, Member of Subcommittee on Information Management
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - Kelly Dougherty, Web Information Coordinator
Duquesne University Office of International Programs - Nancy Ericksen, 2008 Conference Coordinator
Trinity University International Programs - Elane Granger Carrasco, Member of Subcommittee on Training Coordination
Syracuse University Syracuse University Abroad - Robert Hallworth, Member Services Coordinator
George Washington University - Ann E. Halpin, Regional Outreach Coordinator
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