Study Abroad in the News

According to a recent report, U.S. universities need to highlight the academic and career benefits of studying abroad rather than focus on "life-changing experience" rhetoric if they want to increase male student participation. — Times Higher Education

For the first time, STEM majors outnumber study abroad students in other major fields according to IIE’s Open Doors Report. — Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Expanded funding opportunities are allowing an increasing number of low-income high school students to travel abroad "as part of a broader attempt to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps in a more globalized world." — Chicago Tribune