Happy Thanksgiving to all. As you look ahead to next year s programs, we hope you will find this issue of the Seminars International newsletter helpful. Our focus on planning for this issue is a look back to how planning for
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Back in January, we featured three guest posts from Bradley Feuling, Chairman and CEO of The Asia Institute, based in Shanghai, China. As their work with US colleges and universities expands, Brad is delving deeper into the reasons some university
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You may have already read the brief written by Tony Ogden (now at Michigan State University) and published by AIEA last summer. However, if you haven t, just below is an excerpt that contains interesting thoughts about working with organizations that
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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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Air arrangements are a key component of any faculty-led education abroad program. Like other aspects of program logistics, it s worth thinking through how airfare contributes not only to program cost but also how it may affect individual student experiences and
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The most recent issue of the Seminars International newsletter Compact has just been published. We are highlighting the concept of resourcefulness a skill all education abroad professionals possess! In particular, we focus on how providers can add to your resources when you
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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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NAFSA s new issue of International Educator includes an article on Best Practices for Short-Term Faculty-Led Programs Abroad. It s a well-done, comprehensive article touching on all aspects of developing and administering faculty-led programs. After years of being part of a consortium for
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I had started this post thinking I d write a quick and simple introduction to a few definitions of common terms used in faculty-led programming. Ah, but then I realized we re in an academic field, where definitions are never quick and
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Why offer faculty-led programs when there are so many good study abroad organizations offering high quality programs? Faculty-led programs are on the rise at US colleges and universities. Over the past 10 years, according to IIE’s Open Doors report, short-term
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