Inclusion and Equity

Helping Military Veterans Study Abroad

By Charlotte West Veterans are a growing population on U.S. college campuses, and education abroad offices are finding ways to better understand how best to help them use their educational benefits to fund study abroad. More veterans have started studying
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The Opportunity Funds Program in Nigeria

There are currently more than 31,000 sub-Saharan African students studying in the United States. About 8,000 of them are Nigerians, which is the largest share of international students from any country in sub-Saharan Africa. A small number of these represent Nigeria’s academically gifted but
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Campus and Community Programming during Ramadan

As international educators, it is important that we recognize and respect the various religions of our students, scholars, and visitors from around the globe. For our Muslim guests, the holy month of Ramadan is an important time to reconnect with other followers of Islam on campus and in the
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Does Study Abroad Accelerate Personal Growth?

International educators have long sought research studies to support their direct observations: Students, when they return from study abroad, appear more mature than when they left. Is this due to the fact that the students are older, or is there something about the experience abroad that has
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Is a Bologna Process Right for Latin America?

One of the most influential educational trends of the two last decades involves initiatives to con­struct common spaces of tertiary education. These projects—such as the Bologna Process and its core objective, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)—focus mainly on tertiary education, the
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