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Expanding Global Education for Community College Students

Efforts to empower and prepare Pitt Community College (PCC) students for success in the global economy began with a vision from three deans.

April 15, 2019

Students

IIE Summit Highlights the Importance of Study Abroad

Against a backdrop of young people who communicate in fewer words and more pictures, and with young people of color continuing to avoid study abroad more than their counterparts, about 600 educators, students and administrators came together Sunday through Tuesday to share ways to promote and boost global education.

February 20, 2019

Students

Diversity Abroad Conference to Focus on Inclusive Excellence in Global Education

More than 700 senior international administrators, student affairs professionals, study abroad office staff, faculty and more will gather in Boston for Diversity Abroad’s 7th Annual Conference this March.

February 20, 2019

News Roundup

UC Admins Warn Students, Faculty not use Messaging Apps While in China

University of California administrators have warned students and faculty not to use WeChat and WhatsApp messaging apps and social media while in China, citing concerns that any communications could be used against them by China’s law enforcement agencies. The suggestion comes following recent arrests of Huawei executive Meng Wangzhou and American Paul Whelan, who was […]

January 14, 2019

HBCUs

PVAMU, Terra Dotta Work to Expand Study Abroad Participation

Since partnering with the technology-based higher education travel platform Terra Dotta last year, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has streamlined its study abroad application and enrollment process in order to expose more students to international travel.

January 7, 2019

International

Lack of Diversity in Study Abroad

For many students, the costs associated with studying abroad can seem insurmountable.

December 18, 2018

Students

Six Lessons to Succeed as a First-Generation College Student

More than 35 years ago, I packed everything I could fit into the old Pontiac Catalina my grandparents helped me buy and drove halfway across the country to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder). I did not know what I was doing. I had to figure college out on my own because I believed that I could become the first in my family to earn a degree, and I had to find it in myself to be brave enough to try.

November 14, 2018

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Education Scholar Pushes Boundaries

Ever since he was a teenager, Dr. Lawrence Scott has lived by the motto that “success is measured in succession.”

September 9, 2018

Students

More Study Abroad Opportunities Needed for Students of Color

According to NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, students of color made up only 27 percent of study abroad students in 2015.

October 2, 2017

Students

When Study Abroad Ends in Death, U.S. Parents Find Few Answers

NEW DELHI — When Elizabeth Brenner’s 21-year-old son died while hiking during a study-abroad trip in India, she began searching for other cases and found only partial data and anecdotal records. “Nobody was keeping track of this at all,” she said. Brenner’s son, Thomas Plotkin, was one of the millions of American students who have […]

July 9, 2017

Students

Experts: Trump’s New Travel Ban a Blow to International Study

President Trump’s issuance of a revised executive order placing tight restrictions on the entry into the United States of some foreigners received a guarded reception from higher education leaders and frontline college and university officials involved in international higher ed efforts.

March 6, 2017

Students

New Online Program Matches Freshmen With Study Abroad Opportunities

In an effort to get more students to think sooner than later about studying abroad, a new pilot program enables college freshmen to set up online profiles that match them with programs of interest around the world.

October 25, 2016