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Model Initiatives: Education Abroad Goes Mainstream
Below are examples of innovative and replicable ways that various institutions and organizations have kept pace with increasing demand for quality opportunities abroad. Read about how have they leveraged the increased demand for and interest in education abroad to increase the numbers of students actually going abroad while ensuring that those students are receiving quality opportunities.
An interview with Goucher College President Sanford Ungar (132kb
) is available in the January/February 2006 issue of International Educator magazine. President Ungar talks about Goucher’s decision to require all students to study abroad during their academic undergraduate career.
The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) is celebrating the Year of Study Abroad through several special initiatives listed on their Web site. The Academic Senate endorsed the U.S. Senate's declaration of the Year of Study Abroad. And to raise the visibility of education abroad on the campus, the Dean of Undergraduate Education's office is subsidizing past study abroad participants' purchase of a country flag graduation sash, further recognizing the importance and prevalence of education abroad among its student population.
A group in Maryland, led by Salisbury University, is working to promote study abroad during November, which has been proclaimed International Education Month by Governor Ehrlich. A group of at least 10 study abroad returnees will go to local K-12 schools and share their experiences with younger students. Schools throughout the state and across the country are encouraged to do the same. Many Salisbury University education students are already in classrooms throughout the area, and they have been asked to incorporate this topic into a lesson plan.
Community colleges are also responding to the change in their own students’ demands for international experiences. As a learning centered public institution, the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) anticipates, responds, and commits to the educational, training, and employment needs of our various constituencies. Accordingly, CCBC offers several International Options. These options include International Travel Studies and a Study Abroad Advising Center (SAAC). The college is also an active member of the newly formed Maryland Community Colleges International Education Consortium (MCCIEC). In fact, CCBC is one of three colleges (CCBC, Howard and Frederick Community Colleges) participating in a Pilot Project to expand international trips among Maryland community colleges. Individuals who participate in any of these trips will be better prepared to effectively compete in a world that has become increasingly interconnected and diverse.
Erasmus/Socrates Programs is a program of the European Commission’s Department of Education and Training designed to promote the mobility and exchange of their teaching staff and students.
NAFSA's Bologna Process Special Focus Network includes information of interest to the education abroad community. The Bologna Process is a pledge by 45 countries to reform the structures of their higher education systems in a convergent way. One of the many goals of this reform is to increase the ease of student mobility in higher education in Europe.
The Brisbane Communiqué, written at the Asia-Pacific Education Ministers’ Meeting in Brisbane, Australia on 3 to 4 April 2006, signalled the commitment of the greater Asia-Pacific region to strengthening good relations in the region and underpinning its social and economic development, through student and academic mobility and research collaboration.
An interview with Goucher College President Sanford Ungar (132kb
) is available in the January/February 2006 issue of International Educator magazine. President Ungar talks about Goucher’s decision to require all students to study abroad during their academic undergraduate career.The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) is celebrating the Year of Study Abroad through several special initiatives listed on their Web site. The Academic Senate endorsed the U.S. Senate's declaration of the Year of Study Abroad. And to raise the visibility of education abroad on the campus, the Dean of Undergraduate Education's office is subsidizing past study abroad participants' purchase of a country flag graduation sash, further recognizing the importance and prevalence of education abroad among its student population.
A group in Maryland, led by Salisbury University, is working to promote study abroad during November, which has been proclaimed International Education Month by Governor Ehrlich. A group of at least 10 study abroad returnees will go to local K-12 schools and share their experiences with younger students. Schools throughout the state and across the country are encouraged to do the same. Many Salisbury University education students are already in classrooms throughout the area, and they have been asked to incorporate this topic into a lesson plan.
Community colleges are also responding to the change in their own students’ demands for international experiences. As a learning centered public institution, the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) anticipates, responds, and commits to the educational, training, and employment needs of our various constituencies. Accordingly, CCBC offers several International Options. These options include International Travel Studies and a Study Abroad Advising Center (SAAC). The college is also an active member of the newly formed Maryland Community Colleges International Education Consortium (MCCIEC). In fact, CCBC is one of three colleges (CCBC, Howard and Frederick Community Colleges) participating in a Pilot Project to expand international trips among Maryland community colleges. Individuals who participate in any of these trips will be better prepared to effectively compete in a world that has become increasingly interconnected and diverse.
Erasmus/Socrates Programs is a program of the European Commission’s Department of Education and Training designed to promote the mobility and exchange of their teaching staff and students.
NAFSA's Bologna Process Special Focus Network includes information of interest to the education abroad community. The Bologna Process is a pledge by 45 countries to reform the structures of their higher education systems in a convergent way. One of the many goals of this reform is to increase the ease of student mobility in higher education in Europe.
The Brisbane Communiqué, written at the Asia-Pacific Education Ministers’ Meeting in Brisbane, Australia on 3 to 4 April 2006, signalled the commitment of the greater Asia-Pacific region to strengthening good relations in the region and underpinning its social and economic development, through student and academic mobility and research collaboration.
