The first question many faculty and education abroad offices ask when working with a provider is: how much will my program cost? Of course, this is an important question. Yet it s also a question that contains within it other questions and,
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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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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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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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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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I have written several posts over the last year about safety and terrorism both subjects never far from the thoughts of international educators these days. But there are other ways to approach the issue of terrorism, and this recent article from
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As a new academic year gets off the ground, it s interesting to read some of the trends and highlights of faculty-led programs in Asia from Asia Institute s Short-Term Programs Report. The Asia Institute is a program provider for faculty-led courses
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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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