The Benefits of Booking Group Travel
For professors and faculty members bringing a group of students abroad, managing the associated logistics can be a daunting task. From putting together the itinerary to booking air travel and accommodations to finalizing the group size and coordinating payment, the management of all of this can be enough to deter some faculty from signing up to lead the trip. Professors…
5 Study Abroad Goals for 2015
With 2014 behind us, now is the time to be firm in the goals of your study abroad programming for 2015. Whether you have already begun this process, finalized it, and/or are in the midst of international travel at this very moment, here are 5 considerations and examples of explicit goals that will help you to prepare for 2015: 1….
The Impact of Local Current Events on Your Study Abroad Program
We all know that study abroad programs can be extremely rewarding, both for students and for faculty. There is so much to be said for the distinctive quality of immersing oneself in the actual surroundings where an historic event took place, or to take part in a cultural celebration firsthand; the connection is deeper once we ourselves journey outside of…
Facultyled.com becomes FacultyAbroad.com
Dear Colleagues, Greetings! I’m writing to let you know that this past April, the domain Facultyled.com was acquired by another company. If you linked to Facultyled.com, please adjust the domain to facultyabroad.com; the rest of the URL should be the same. We urge you to check your website and make this change as soon as possible since many colleges and…
The Importance of Data: Connect Program Search to Program Evaluation
Greetings to everyone. This post is directed to study abroad offices and program providers, but also to faculty who are interested in promoting their programs and managing the program evaluation process all in the same place. If your study abroad office is using Terra Dotta, then you probably don’t have a programs directory with reviews. This means that students must…
Commercialization of Study Abroad
You’ve probably heard a lot about internationalization, globalization, but have you heard about commercialiZATION? That’s right, the commercialization of study abroad. We all know what it is, but we don’t talk about it. As you can probably tell from the subject of this post, my hope is to open a discussion on how it impacts education. I started working in…
Going to College Abroad
For those of us who want to give students an edge, we need to do more than just encourage them to go to college and do well. We need to consider creative and non-traditional options that keep up with the times and trends. Going to college abroad is the path I chose. This is not the same as “study” abroad, which is…
Study Abroad Capstone links Integrative Learning and Undergraduate Learning Goals
Beginning in Fall 2013, Study Abroad at Eastern Illinois University will be linked to our university-wide integrative learning mission and the four undergraduate learning goals of the institution, and will be fully integrated into our general education curriculum. We are doing this by giving students the option of taking the following one-credit capstone course (prerequisite: successful completion of an approved…
Thanks to Technology, Online Schools a Viable Option
Brianna Meiers writes around the web about issues of technology and education, and has recently published a comprehensive look at online schooling available today. In her post below, Brianna discusses ways in which Internet learning may be helpful to Americans posted or living abroad. Traditional study abroad programs present students with a range of choices as it is, as facultyabroad.com…
The Many Roles of a Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Professor
By Melanie Foster freelance writer higher education for education-related websites and blogs Professors who take part in their college’s faculty-led study abroad programs know that the work is both rewarding and challenging. As fun and exciting as teaching abroad is, there is nothing easy about it. This is because the faculty member is not only in charge of their classroom; they…