Risk Assessment and Crisis Management

Redefining the Talent Ecosystem: Who Goes and Who Stays?

July/August 2025 By Davina Potts At the turn of the century, approximately two million people crossed borders to study abroad (UNESCO 2024). By 2022, this number had tripled to around 6.4 million people, according to data released that year. Although the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily impeded
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ISSS Crisis Management Planning: Lessons from the Field

How can ISSS offices develop robust, responsive, and effective crisis management plans? In this recording, we will review the 5 C’s of Crisis Communication to understand a framework that can shape an ISSS office’s response to a crisis. We will speak to Dan Kampsen, Director of Global Safety and
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Supporting Student Mental Health Abroad: A Case Study Approach

Mental health concerns are an important consideration in all aspects of education abroad programming. This resource provides study abroad offices and the faculty members they support with valuable insights into recognizing and addressing the diverse mental health needs of students while they are
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A Systems Approach to Risk Mitigation

March/April 2025 By David L. Di Maria and Kalpen Trivedi All organizations are susceptible to risks—defined as “external and internal factors and influences that make it uncertain whether they will achieve their objectives” (ISO 2018)—but not all organizations are adequately prepared to manage risks
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Leadership Essentials for Comprehensive Internationalization

Ready to take the next step in your IE career to lead an international office? Or have you recently been assigned to oversee your institution’s internationalization enterprise and need to get up to speed fast? This program addresses the essential leadership capabilities any international education
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