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Standing Together
For the past 49 years, Seminars International has been committed to working with education abroad, alumni, performing arts groups, and faith-based groups as they teach and learn across borders. We are committed to the idea that interacting with other cultures
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U.S. Politics and International Education: Surprising Predictions
With so much politics in the news this week, you might be interested to read a recent article in Inside Higher Ed that looks at Open Doors and other data to make surprising connections between the political party affiliation of
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Guess Who Speaks A Second Language?
This is a fun post by my colleague David Comp at his blog, International Higher Education Consulting Blog. Watch the video clips of American celebrities speaking languages other than English. It made me feel proud of them and of the
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The Academics in Short-Term Education Abroad: Myth?
As we here at Seminars International are preparing for dozens of January term programs to depart, I m looking over itineraries and seeing anew all the exciting plans faculty have to bring alive their academic subjects through on-site experiences. And I m
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Best Practices , Faculty , Faculty-led , Myths , short-term , study abroad
COMPASS Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2016 Issue
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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Post-Election Inspiration from NAFSA
The recent letter below from NAFSA s outgoing Exective Director Marlene Johnson is a good reminder of our crucial role as international educators and the importance of staying true to those values and our work. She says it so well! Dear
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Second Languages: Skills or Cross-Cultural Learning?
A task force at Princeton University has put forward an interesting proposal to change its general education requirements: all students would have to take at least one or two semesters of a foreign language, regardless of previous study. No-one could
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Top Ten Regrets from a University Alum
The Newsroom at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota recently published an article titled List of Lists: Alumni’s Top 10 Do-Over Wishes After Graduating , by a 2011 alum in which he listed his top ten regrets from college. I m
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