Archive for November, 2006
ASSE Student Exchange / High School Study Abroad Program
I just stumbled across this program for High School Students: ASSE. I’ve never seen such low costs- less than $9,000 for a year abroad. One should look further into what those fees include, but it looks pretty good from the outset. Also, there are a number of study abroad scholarships available. We’ll write more about [...]
Posted: November 21st, 2006 under Study Abroad Programs.
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Talk About Positive Change for Study Abroad Scholarships
Check this out! The University of Minnesota has gone from giving out $50,000 a year in study abroad scholarships to $500,000 over the course of 10 years: “Lynn Anderson, the center’s associate director, said the amount the University gives out for study abroad scholarships has increased from $50,000 to nearly $500,000 in less than a [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2006 under Study Abroad Scholarships.
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Study Abroad Numbers Grow and Change
CNN has a report on study abroad. They report that the number of American’s studying outside of the US is the same as last year, but where people are going has shifted: “Britain remained the most popular study destination last year, according to annual figures due for release Monday by the Institute of International Education, [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2006 under Study Abroad News.
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Study Abroad for Science Majors
Yale Daily News recently reported on the difficulties finding study abroad programs for hard science majors. They report that Yale and other Universities are looking to increase opportunities for students to go abroad: “Officials said the addition of undergraduates to the joint program in astronomy between Yale and the Universidad de Chile is part of [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2006 under Study Abroad News.
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Welcome!
Welcome to our newly created Study Abroad Information Blog. Here we will post new study abroad information, articles, links, and more. Our main site will continue to have useful timeless information. On this blog we plan to put information that may only be relevant for a short period of time. So, check back frequently!
Posted: November 9th, 2006 under Study Abroad News.
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