Education Abroad

Contributing to Comprehensive Internationalization

Developing and Implementing Programs (from a U.S. Campus)

Funding and Financing

Office Administration

Risk Assessment and Crisis Management

Student Advising

Student Health and Safety

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

NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies 2.0

Proficiency in all competencies requires strong familiarity with current trends and issues in international education and an organization’s missions, vision, and values. The NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies TM 2.0 are written to span and include each of the five NAFSA

Brynn Smith

Travel Advisory Level 3 - University Policy Examples

University education abroad programs are regularly re-evaluating their risk assessments and program viability in the age of COVID-19. Many universities and providers benchmark their policies against peer institutions. This resource includes anonymized examples of university education abroad policies

Roadmap for Risk Assessment in Education Abroad

Utilize this digital download to produce a risk matrix and action plan for responsive risk management provided exclusively for NAFSA members. The Roadmap for Risk Assessment in Education Abroad outlines key considerations, resources, and tools to help education abroad professionals analyze risk data

A Conversation with our Education Abroad Partners: COVID and Beyond

Study abroad during a global pandemic would be even more challenging (if not impossible) without partner organizations, providers—our friends and colleagues who are the boots on the ground and the destination-specific experts. Universities rely heavily on our partners to provide healthy and safe

Country Coordinator - World-at-Large - Consular Affairs Liaison Subcommittee (CAL)

Position: Country Coordinator - World-at-Large Committee: Consular Affairs Liaison (CAL) Subcommittee of the Education Abroad Regulatory Practice Committee (EA RP) Term Dates: Two-year term, renewable once The CAL Subcommittee of the EA RP Committee is charged with developing relationships with visa

Student Health and Safety Abroad: Collaborations Between Staff and Faculty

Examine best practices for health and safety in programs led or managed by on-site faculty members, as well as outline concrete steps for preparing faculty to deal with crises. Our presenters discuss how their campus minimized liability associated with study abroad programs while building a

Advising International Students on Education Abroad

During this webinar, an international student advisor and an education abroad adviser from two different campuses will discuss successful collaborations.

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