College students generally enjoy traveling and studying abroad. In itself, going to college/university is traveling to a new location and living amongst a different people. For this reason, students understand the value of going to a new country or city and using their experiences to help them find opportunities they would not usually find. Also, [...]
According to the US-based Institute of International Education (IIE) more than 200,000 Americans went overseas in 2006, and more than half a million internationals came to the US. The Canadian Institute of International Education reports that “thousands” of Canadians are studying overseas.
The IIE’s study abroad directory in 1986 listed 2,005 programs available to US students. [...]
Interested in the UK? Come to a UB Study Abroad info session on the University of Leicester!
Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 22nd
216 Norton Hall, 11:30am-12:30pm
We will be joined by Mr. Paul Beavitt, Director of the International Office at the University of Leicester. He will provide an overview of the study abroad program at Leicester - one of [...]
The International Studies Center at Portland’s Lincoln High School just held its annual Study Abroad and Travel Forum. An estimated 300 students and parents attended. I’d estimated 200 interested students. Lots of adventurous energy eager to travel and study abroad. Just what we need! Most were Lincoln High School students, but there were a sprinkling [...]
A crowd of young people has been abroad to further their study since the first group of 30 Chinese schoolboys moved to the United States to study science and technology in 1872.
Based on the figures from the Ministry of Education, between 1978, the year China launched the policy of reform and opening up, and the [...]
In the past, Claremont McKenna students have had the opportunity to study abroad where they want and when they want. But this could all be changing.
On September 7 the sophomore class received an e-mail from Kristen Mallory entitled “Crucial changes in Study Abroad Policies affecting all Sophomores, Class of 2011.” One of the announced changes [...]
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The Indiana University Bloomington Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis School of Public and Environmental Affairs, in collaboration with Southern Federal University (SFU) in Rostov-on-Don, Russia present:
Spring - Summer 2009
U.S.-RUSSIA GLOBAL-HEALTH CARE COURSE STUDY PROGRAM
with 2-WEEK STUDY-ABROAD
All the program information (including the on-line application) can be found at
This program [...]
In the summer of 2007, junior Ben Gorman found himself alone and stranded in an Italian airport. He was studying abroad for the first time and had no idea what he was doing.
“I remember thinking, I don’t know where I’m going or how to speak the language that well, what do I do?” Gorman said.
Fortunately [...]
I was asked about study abroad trips. Does studying abroad help you become fluent in a foreign language? This is a very good question.
Yes, study abroad trips can be helpful in your pursuit of fluency but they can also be a waste if you don’t know how to use them properly. I have known some [...]