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Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad

Brian Stiegler,PhD Assistant Provost for International Education

Advantages of Short-Term Faculty- Led Study Abroad

• Enhances sacred bond between

professors and students

• Summer and winter terms do not

interrupt curriculum flow of four year degree

• Accredited programs with strict

course requirements can make semester study abroad harder

• Students who have not traveled

may not be capable of full semester immersion study abroad programs

• Families, friends, loved ones can

be more supportive of shorter programs

Disadvantages of Short-term Faculty-Led Study Abroad

• Short-term programs do

not allow for easy mobility

• f financial aid
• Summer and winter

semesters add costs on top

• f regular semesters while

semester programs replace

• ne set of costs with

another

• Short programs often do

not encourage deeper cultural learning as mid- length programs

• Language study is very

difficult on short-programs

Financial and Administrative Infrastructure

• Budgeting

– Tuition Remission – Academic Fee – Self-Funded budgets

• Faculty Salaries
• Per Diem
• Travel Expenses

– Foreign Currency Speculation – Conservative

Financial and Administrative Infrastructure

• Internal Infrastructure

– Centralized application system – Ability to deposit on travel 6-12 months prior to students paying – Deposit/Withdrawal policy with real teeth – Full portfolio of bureaucratic forms – Manual course registration – Manual student billing – Financial auditing process accounting for foreign currency expense

Financial and Administrative Infrastructure

• External Infrastructure

– Pre-approved travel agents – No state procurement process – Short-term international health insurance – Short-term political/natural disaster evacuation insurance – International wire- transfer through State Budget Office – University-issued credit cards

Academics on Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad

• Learning goals and outcomes

must be comparable or higher than similar courses on main campus

• Requirements for contact

hours / credit hour must be met along with other accreditation concerns

• Contact hours must be earned

abroad (not on main campus) if tuition is to be applied to study abroad costs

• Learning should happen in the

field, not a classroom on the

• ther side of the world

Academics on Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad

• Short programs should

continue to encourage reading and writing along with experience

• Learning must be assessed

and measured

• Field-based experiential

learning should look different in different disciplines according to learning goals

• Academic departments and

deans should approve academic content

• Are there common global

learning goals that all study abroad programs should achieve?

Forum on Education Abroad

• “The Forum is recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice

and the Federal Trade Commission as the Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the field of education

• abroad. The Forum’s commitment to developing and

promoting standards of good practice for the field of education abroad lies at the core of The Forum’s mission. The ultimate goal of the Standards is to improve practices in education abroad, so that our students’ international educational experiences are as rich and meaningful as possible.”

• www.forumea.org