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Meeting America's Global Education Challenge
Through a series of surveys and dialogs, the Institute of International Education in 2007 launched a new policy research initiative to address the issue of capacity abroad (especially in non-traditional destinations) to host a greatly increased number of U.S. students, and to assure that U.S. campuses have the resources and structures available to prepare and send them.
This IIE initiative, Meeting America's Global Education Challenge, will offer educators and policymakers focused data and information on current capabilities and future capacity, as well as recommendations for action to maximize resources and pave the way for substantial study abroad growth.
IIE Study Abroad White Paper Series
As part of this initiative, IIE has released a series of recent white papers on expanding study abroad participation and capacity, which can be downloaded here.
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Study Abroad White Paper, Issue 2:
Exploring Host Country Capacity for Increasing U.S. Study Abroad
The May 2008 IIE White Paper represents the second publication of the study abroad policy research series on Meeting America's Global Education Challenge. This new report highlights research and findings from a fall 2007 snapshot survey of over 500 host institutions abroad, and on the efforts made by these institutions to increase their host capacity for larger numbers of U.S. students. It also analyzes the challenges these institutions face as well as their motivations and strategic plans to undertake efforts toward internationalization. The report aims to provide policy makers and international education administrators with focused data on how host institutions and countries perceive greatly expanding U.S. study abroad participation. |
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Study Abroad White Paper, Issue 1:
Current Trends in U.S. Study Abroad & the Impact of Strategic Diversity Initiatives
This May 2007 IIE White Paper represents the first of the Institute's new policy research series on Meeting America's Global Education Challenge. It assesses current trends in study abroad in the United States, providing a benchmark for future expansion. It includes an analysis of existing strategic funding initiatives such as the Gilman, Boren and Freeman-ASIA Scholarships, showing how resource allocation can influence the diversity of participants, geographic destinations, field of study and length of study. In addition, the paper also highlights institutions that have created specific program models that better facilitate a more diverse group of students participating in study abroad.
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For more information on IIE's Study Abroad Capacity research, please contact: policyresearch@iie.org.
For information on IIE study abroad resources and IIE-administered programs, visit: http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=StudyAbroad
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