Study-Abroad Providers Feel Effects of Growing Public Scrutiny

Autor/in	Fischer, Karin
Titel	Study-Abroad Providers Feel Effects of Growing Public Scrutiny
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 32, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Independent Study; Program Validation; Foreign Countries; Ethics; Tuition; Study Abroad; Costs; Accountability; Court Litigation; International Education; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbststudium; Ausland; Ethik; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cost; Kosten; Verantwortung; Rechtsstreit; Internationale Erziehung; Fakultät
Abstract	Discussions of access and ethics dominated as the Forum on Education Abroad convened its annual meeting this month. During a session on the ethics of pricing study-abroad programs, overseas-study directors said they felt increased pressure to account for their costs, even as the declining value of the dollar drives up expenses. The price tag is now an important factor in program approval, several participants said, while educational content would have been the primary consideration a few years ago. Much of the discussion centered on the issue of home-school tuition, the practice by many, mainly private, institutions of charging their regular tuition to students enrolled at less costly independent study-abroad programs. This year a father sued Wheaton College, in Massachusetts, over the fees charged his daughter, who had studied in South Africa with an outside provider. The outcome of the lawsuit could affect the home-school tuition at colleges throughout the country. Participants also discussed ways to increase the number of students studying abroad and to ensure that those students represent the college population as a whole. A number of speakers said students should have the opportunity to study abroad at different points in their academic careers and on programs that better fit their educational needs. John C. Sunnygard, an international-education consultant stated that colleges should encourage faculty members' participation in study abroad, integrate international education into the curriculum, and use students who have studied abroad to encourage their peers to do so as well. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10