Business Acumen

Creating Budgets for Short-Term Education Abroad Programs

Developing budgets for short-term programs can be a confusing and stressful exercise, albeit critical for determining the fee charged to students and managing the expenses of a program on-site. Education Abroad offices should have clear structures and templates for creating budgets that align with

Katy Lane, PhD

Katy Lane, PhD is the director of the Center for International Business Studies, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She has worked in international education for nearly 15 years, creating new programs and initiatives, providing oversight for outreach and risk management, and leading

Stretching Your Budget in Challenging Times: Resources for Intensive English Programs

A panel of Intensive English Program directors will share their experiences and approaches for managing their budgets in the face of challenges including the pandemic and decreased enrollment. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and are encouraged to share their own ideas or

Thinking Creatively About Sustainable Resources for Internationalization

In this webinar, the presenters offer a model, set of steps, and best practices to help you better utilize and grow the people, budgets, and programs working together toward internationalization at all types of higher education institutions.

Mining and Analyzing Data for Effective Education Abroad Decisionmaking

How can education abroad offices collect and use data for decisionmaking? Successful use of data can be applied to program review, student assessment, and in predicting long-term trends. In many cases, the data you need may already exist in your databases. Knowing how to mine that data so that it

Achieving Affordable and Equitable Participation in Education Abroad

Students often cite finances as a barrier to international experiences. In an effort to engage all students in transformative international experiences, institutions should consider their education abroad offerings with an eye towards affordability and equity among program choices, while ensuring

Funding Models for Education Abroad Operations

February 24, 2021

Ryan C McLemore (San Diego State University) and Jonathan Sylvia (Dartmouth College) in collaboration with the 2021 EAKC Subcommittee on Financing Education Abroad Questions and comments on this resource? Email the Education Abroad Knowledge Community leadership. Introduction The structures and

Liz Cosgrove Ford

Liz currently serves as Associate Director of International Student and Scholar Services at the University of North Texas where she leads a team of F1 advisors and staff to support nearly 11,000 international students. Liz began her career in International Education in 2001 teaching English as a

The Use of Alternative Wage Surveys in Prevailing Wage Determinations

On October 8, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) published an interim final rule that changed how DOL computes wage rates when using Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) wage data to make a National Prevailing Wage Center (NPWC) prevailing wage determination or to certify an LCA that relies on

2020 Financial Aid: Review of a Year in Upheaval

During this one-hour webinar, presenters from your peers on NAFSA’s federal financial aid subcommittee shared updates to financial aid for study abroad including the impact of COVID-19 and virtual learning on of the topics below: Cost of Attendance Satisfactory Academic Progress Veterans Educational