I spent some time this winter traveling with some of our faculty-led programs. It was quite interesting to experience the programs on-site after spending time planning them on paper. I learned a lot about many aspects of the programs, but
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Back in December, I wrote a post on Safety in an Era of Terrorism, discussing how to think about safety and risk management when horrific and unpredictable acts of terrorism were striking major world capitols such as Paris and Istanbul .
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Happy New Year everyone! We would like to begin the new year with a guest author—something we will do from time to time. Bradley Feuling is the Chairman and CEO of The Asia Institute, based in Shanghai, China. Many of
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It can feel good to celebrate study abroad successes in a time when fears about traveling abroad are widespread. It is also encouraging to know that college and universities continue to be intentional and strategic in their drive to ensure
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I am noticing a trend in our work with faculty-led programs: as the number of faculty-led programs increases across the country, requests for what we refer to as off-the-shelf programs is also increasing. More frequently, faculty and education abroad offices
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Last week, I attended an interesting session at the NAFSA Region IV conference in Des Moines, Iowa, on the subject of ethical service-learning abroad. Service-learning is such a trend at the moment. We have inculcated the current generation of students
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The Asia Institute, a program provider for faculty-led courses in Asia, recently published an interesting report on a variety of aspects of short-term, faculty-led programs in Asia during 2015. The report describes itself as an in-depth look at 614 short-term
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Budget , Faculty , Program Costs , Providers
Have you ever heard this question from faculty as you re discussing the possibility of offering a faculty-led course? Initially, this was a puzzling question for me. I thought well, what else would you teach but your area of expertise? And then
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So, your university now requires faculty-led programs to use a provider. Do your faculty view this as good news a relief from managing logistics and the juggling that goes with it, giving them more time to concentrate on the teaching? Or
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The world of faculty-led programs is growing and changing as it grows. As internationalization flourishes across campuses, more faculty are turning to short-term programs abroad as a means to internationalize their teaching and learning. For those of us working on faculty-led
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