In a historic move to support the international education of America’s college students, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1469, the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act.
The legislation, introduced by Reps. Tom Lantos (D - Calif.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R - Fla.), calls for the creation of an innovative public- private partnership […]

Caitland Johnson, a Robbinsdale Cooper High School student from New Hope, has been awarded a full AFS Awards for Excellence scholarship, a distinction shared by only ten students nationwide. More than 1,200 students were nominated for this prestigious, merit-based program that awards full and partial scholarships for students to study abroad. Students are chosen based […]

A ‘STUDY Abroad’ section will be one of the highlights of the forthcoming Bahrain International Travel Expo (BITE 2007), organisers have said.
The initiative is going ahead in association with Switzerland’s World Educate Business Association, revealed Magnum Events and Exhibitions Management chairman Hisham Al Baradie.
“We intend to offer an opportunity for students from Bahrain and the […]

LONDON American students are getting creative as they cope with the weakening dollar.
For college students studying abroad, the bad exchange rate means altered lifestyles and an obstacle to fully experiencing foreign cultures.
Europe continues to be the top destination for American students, but what used to be excited chatter about local cafes has been replaced with […]

WASHINGTON – I didn’t give much thought to my college daughter’s plans to spend her spring semester last year in Chile.
I didn’t study the brochures. Neither my wife nor I had ever studied overseas. We had no stories to tell and no expertise to share.
We figured this was one area where we wouldn’t interfere, and […]

Buenos Aires – April 29, 2007: Buenos Aires-based Expanish is launching a unique summer program this year that steps out of the typical study abroad mould with hands-on learning and the opportunity to actually “experience Spanish,” filling a significant gap in the city’s educational program options that has existed for years.
Study abroad rates among U.S. […]

South Asians living abroad experience heart attacks at a younger age compared to other ethnic groups as they are exposed to greater risk factors such as smoking from an early stage, according to a study.
The research, part of a massive Canadian-led international study on cardiovascular disease, found that deaths from heart attack occur among people […]

Today is my birthday and instead of working I’m sitting here thinking about what I was doing ten years ago. Ten years ago, I was a world away from here. What makes it different from all those birthdays spent sneaking into Coeds, Panini’s or the Cornerstone was that I was on exchange through Ohio State.
I […]

American college
students who step outside their comfort zone to travel and study in other
countries bring home the skills and insights necessary for success in
today’s workforce. To highlight the valuable role study abroad plays in
connecting students with the world, NAFSA: Association of International
Educators and Abroad View, the global education magazine for students, this
fall sponsored the first […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - For one group of graduate business students at Yale, next month‘s lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica. Other Master of Business Administration students are checking out investment prospects in Tanzania and what‘s sizzling in Singapore.
“We are at the beginning of what over the […]