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Required to Study Abroad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Goucher College, every single student pursuing a degree is expected to study abroad for at least some amount of time. Goucher College Though Goucher’s study abroad requirement was implemented in 2006, the motivations behind it can be traced back to the school’s founder, the Rev.

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Why It’s Imperative that Africa Study Abroad Opportunities Thrive

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That’s because he studied abroad with our School for International Training program in Kenya as a college student over 30 years ago. study abroad students were in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, while Europe commands 66% of the total. We need to provide the same vision that educators had in the past.

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Report: Students Studying Abroad Makes Rebound

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Department of State-sponsored Open Doors 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange – released Nov. students studying abroad and international student enrollment, illustrating how both are seemingly on the rise after significantly declining amid the pandemic. study abroad between 2018-19 and 2021, she said.

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A Black Scholar’s Journey in Shaping Study Abroad Programs

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Dabney is director of Earlham’s Institute for Education on Japan (IEJ). In this role, he oversees and leads Earlham’s various Japan-related outreach activities, including its study abroad partnerships with schools such as Waseda University in Tokyo. colleges studying in Japan and students from Japan studying in the U.S.,”

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BMCC and London School of Economics Partner to Expand Global Opportunities

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The announcement comes as more community colleges across the nation are looking to encourage their students to study abroad. BMCC is the first and only community college locally or abroad to have entered into a shared interest agreement with LSE.

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Scholars at AABHE Conference Discuss Strategic Responses to Anti-DEI Legislation

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Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Chancler spoke of how various programs and initiatives at her university have been rebranded in the wake of efforts to push DEI out of higher education. Now its just The Center.

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

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in educational leadership. Continually going back to that same campus was ideal because I still was able to connect with mentors and faculty and staff and it really just nurtured my journey in higher education, she says. Im just so blessed to be able to give to higher education in such a dynamic way, she says.

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