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The Forum Issues Response to New Executive Order
The Forum has released a statement on President Trump’s new executive order, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which replaces the previous “temporary travel ban.” The new executive order impacts the ability of students and professors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen to travel to the United States and may also impact U.S. students participating in education abroad. The Forum is strongly opposed to this new executive order, which runs counter to the international education values in which we believe.
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Register for the 8th Annual Standards Institute on Health & Safety
Registration for the Standards of Good Practice Institute: Beyond the Basics of Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management, is now open. The Institute will be held on Thursday, June 22 at the University of Texas, Austin.
Join colleagues for education abroad’s signature annual event focusing on the education abroad risk management issues faced daily by organizations and institutions. The practical, hands-on focus will include concurrent and plenary sessions that will assist participants to improve their institutional and organizational strategies for risk mitigation, and incident prevention and response.
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The Forum Focus: Call for Submissions
The Forum Focus is an online publication that provides perspectives on current education abroad topics and issues in the field. The Forum invites colleagues to submit articles for consideration and ideas for future topics. The word limit for articles is 1,200 and is strictly enforced. The submission deadline for the next issue is Monday, April 10. Please send submissions to: info@forumea.org.
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13th Annual Conference: Session Spotlight
FRONTIERS: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF STUDY ABROAD PRESENTS…
Christine Anderson (University of Minnesota); Greg Downey (Macquarie University); Tonia Gray (Western Sydney University); Victor Savicki (Western Oregon University); Amelia Dietrich (Frontiers Journal; The Forum on Education Abroad)
Join Frontiers, the peer-reviewed academic journal published by The Forum, to hear from a panel of authors presenting some of the latest research findings in the field of education abroad and share updates to their work since its publication in the journal. Anderson will discuss the impact of instructors on intercultural learning gains during short-term study abroad; Downey and Grey will discuss their proposed use of the Jafari model for enhancing short-term programs and their recent findings on increasing outbound mobility of students; Savicki will present data on behavior, affect, and cultural distance in study abroad re-entry.
Attend this session on Friday, March 31 at 9:15 a.m.
View full session schedule»
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In 2015, 30% of U.S. private institutions anticipated growth in semester programs and 35% anticipated growth in short-term programs. By comparison, 67% of U.S. public institutions predicted short-term programs their major growth area. U.S.-based program providers also anticipated their greatest growth to be in short-term programs (60%).
Source: 2015 State of the Field Survey
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Open Doors U.S. Study Abroad Survey
The deadline to complete the 2017 Open Doors U.S. Study Abroad Survey is tomorrow, Friday, March 10. The survey is available at www.iie.org/surveyforms.
The U.S. Study Abroad Survey collects data on U.S. students studying abroad for academic credit from fall 2015 through summer 2016. Open Doors, published by the Institute of International Education, is the key resource on international students and scholars in the United States and U.S. students studying abroad.
If you have any questions about the survey, please send an email to iieresearch@iie.org or call (646) 308-7213.
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Resources for Your Week:
Independent Student Travel
Springtime has nearly arrived in many parts of the world, and students are likely making plans for independent travel. Do you have clear policies in place regarding student travel? How do students communicate their travel plans to on-site staff, and how will you reach them while they are away?
A Standard 8 Toolbox Resource, this Travel Policy from the University of California Education Abroad Program provides a good model, and refers to Department of State Resources on International Travel and Safety Issues.
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Friday, April 7, 2017
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
• Student Learning, Development and Academic Framework (Standards 2 and 3)
• Student Selection, Preparation, Code of Conduct & Returning Support (Standards 4 & 5)
Friday, April 21, 2017
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• Focus on Standard 8: Crafting Emergency Action Plans and Protocols
Monday, May 1, 2017
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
• Focus on Standard 8: Crafting Emergency Action Plans and Protocols
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Dates and Deadlines:
Tuesday, March 28 - Wednesday, March 29: Pre-Conference Workshops in Seattle
Wednesday, March 29 - Friday, March 31: 13th Annual Forum Conference in Seattle
Friday, April 7: Standards Workshops in Bethlehem, PA
Friday, April 7: Deadline to apply for Accelerated Residency in Champaign, IL
Monday, April 10: Submission deadline for Spring issue of The Forum Focus
Friday, April 21: Forum Workshop in Louisville, KY
Friday, April 21: Deadline to apply for Accelerated Residency in Carlisle, PA
Monday, May 1: Forum Workshop in Eau Claire, WI
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