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Report: Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Internationalization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021. Internationalization means far more than study abroad programs and foreign exchange students.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Shooting Kills Three and Wounds One

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shiksha Study Abroad The shooter – killed in a shootout with university detectives – was a professor who did not get a job at UNLV, according to law enforcement. Vegas is no stranger to shootings, having suffered in 2017 the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. Another U.S. history, which killed 60 people and wounded hundreds.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health is recognizing and honoring her with the 2023 ASPPH Early Career Teaching Excellence Award for her most recent work as a clinical associate professor at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, a role she has held since August 2017. “I

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

Studying abroad has been shown to give students invaluable learning opportunities that aren’t available in a traditional classroom setting. The study also showed that student learning outcomes were unique compared to the classroom. Studying abroad is becoming more and more popular every year. Study Abroad Fair.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Each scholar receives financial support for study abroad and specialized advisors through the Macaulay Advising Program. “I Launched as a pilot program in 2017, Byrne is working to find funding to scale the program to a more substantial size.

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Success Story: Bethel University

Via's

We were using paper applications until 2017, 2018—very late in the game,” says Bethel Assistant Director Nikki Kang. Still, in 2019, they did sign on with a large study abroad software provider. Bethel study abroad students enjoying a camel ride in Wadi Rum Village, Jordan! That whole process has gone so smoothly.

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Success Story: Wesleyan University

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Via Powers Study Abroad at Wesleyan “We definitely could not live without Via,” study abroad director says. is passionate about making education abroad accessible to all students. She relies on Via to help her two-person study abroad office do just that. “We Without Via, “we would have to scale down.”