Study Abroad

Having international students on American campuses ensures stronger people-to-people connections, a critical element in sustaining important bilateral relationships

Study abroad is more important than ever, and there’s a new resource to help families guide their students through the process: A Family Guide to Study Abroad, published by IIE.

IIE partners with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Department of State to publish the annual Open Doors 2020 report showing the increasing internationalization of higher education.

Guest blogger Betty Berdan shares the value to understanding another culture by trying to see a person, an event, history and a culture from another perspective.

Succeeding at a U.S. college or university can be difficult if you don’t understand the system and educational culture. I’ve team up with IIE again to help international students: “Preparing to Study in the USA”.

Guest Blogger Morgan Abate, a graduating senior, reflects on how her international experiences on campus at Elon University and abroad offered her a tremendous opportunity to grow personally and prepare for her next step: a career in communications.

Guest blogger Michael Flatt, co-founder of StudentsGoneGlobal.com, shares how he started his own website to enable students to share and learn from each others’ study abroad stories before, during and after the experience.

In my talks on campuses, many students express an interest in “just having fun” while studying abroad, so they’re planning on taking a few classes pass/fail and traveling around. They want to know, is that so wrong? It all depends on what the objective is.

The latest IIE Open Doors numbers are out for international exchange.

Guest Blogger Maria Villaquiran, a soon-to-be-graduate from The George Washington University who hails from Colombia, shares what she’s learned about developed and developing markets during her travels.

Interested in interning abroad? Check out this piece by Guest Blogger Jennifer Quayle who shares her POV on interning in Cape Town, South Africa. Go Global!