Officials at the region’s high schools and colleges say student exchange programs and foreign study will continue despite heightened warnings about terrorism.
The alerts from the Department of Homeland Security, for now, are “a matter of concern,” but not a reason for students and families to panic, said Sheila Bayne, director of [...]
The first wave of Michigan State University students in a study abroad program in Britain are on their way home to the United States.
About 160 Michigan State students were in Britain this summer. Most of them were scheduled to fly home Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
University officials say the first group departed London on a flight [...]
Travel experts said airport delays could last several weeks. In the wake of the foiled terror plot, long lines, and confused passengers, travel agents spent much of Thursday on the phone with customers.
Travel agents at AAA Carolinas made thousands of calls Thursday.
“We have been busy. Everyone is on the phone dialing clients, letting them know [...]
MasterCard Worldwide and U21Global today announced the inaugural cohort of the first annual MasterCard Worldwide-U21Global Scholarship Program for Women in Travel and Tourism in Asia/Pacific. Twenty women from around the region have been offered a full scholarship for the U21Global Diploma in Tourism and Travel Management.
The call for entries for the online program drew an [...]
Goal to Increase Participation to 1 Million Students Studying Abroad Per Year
America’s public universities applaud yesterday’s introduction of legislation to establish a national study abroad fellowship program. The Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Act of 2006 (S. 3744) would create a national fellowship program, increasing the numbers of students studying abroad to 1 million per year [...]
Oklahoma City University School of Law launched a study-abroad program this month with one of China’s most prestigious law schools. An agreement between OCU and Nankai University School of Law in Tianjin, China, culminated one year of negotiations for a “Summer Institute for International Law,” which focuses on international and comparative law.
Four OCU law students [...]
Indonesia may become one of the preferred destinations for Malaysian students to pursue higher education abroad, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
He said Malaysian students, who could not get places in the local institutions of higher learning, could opt to study in the republic.
Indonesia could become a good choice not only for medicine [...]
Continuing a decades-old tradition at Colgate, six more graduates have been awarded grants to study or teach abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Five alumni were tapped for French Government Teaching Assistantships in English, which are administered by the country’s Ministry of Education, while the sixth received a Fulbright award to study in Egypt.
The French Government [...]
Turkish Minister of Education Huseyin Celik said the Turkish government will send 1,000 students abroad in 2006 for Master’s and Ph.D programs.
Celik, at his press conference held in Van, declared that the government would send students abroad this year as required by the Law for Students to Be Sent Abroad for Education No: 1416.
The [...]
Oklahoma City University School of Law launched a study-abroad program this month with one of China’s most prestigious law schools.
An agreement between OCU and Nankai University School of Law in Tianjin, China, culminated one year of negotiations for a “Summer Institute for International Law,” which focuses on international and comparative law.
Four OCU law students are [...]