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7 Things Help the Students about Studying Abroad

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There are seven things about studying abroad for the help of students: 

It takes time to adjust to the new country

If you are going to a cold country, it will take at least three months to get acclimatised. Be well prepared for a brush with flu. So pack ample paracetamol. Register with a local general physician as soon as you get there. 

You will be free only in your dreams

Along with freedom in the new country comes the responsibility which we conveniently ignore. It does not matter if you are in a university accommodation or private shared housing, your freedom will revolve around words like cooking, cleaning, washing, studying, writing and working. 

You start missing your mom like never before, the moment the flight takes off

No matter how smartass you are, you feel a lump in your throat as the plane taxis on the runway. It is the moment you suddenly feel you are uprooted and thrown to uncertainty. The moment also opens your eyes to the fact that it will be a long time before you can taste 'maa ke haath ka khana.' So be prepared. 

When you say 'Party' you may actually mean 'Kitchen Party'

Let us face it. We dream about big nightlife in western countries. But that is less likely when you are a student. You plan for a party, check your budget and settle with a nice and warm kitchen party with potluck classmates. It is twice as fun as any posh nightclub could offer, trust me. 

You have to work hard

If you are not on full scholarship in which case you get to be a teaching assistant , you have to work abroad to meet your daily expenses. If you are lucky you can get an office/library attendance job. Otherwise, you might have to work at McDonald's.

A gargantuan dissertation awaits you

Between 15,000 and 22,000 words is the length of a dissertation for a masters degree. Yes, you read it right. Unlike India, a masters dissertation especially in the UK is huge. And the deadline is damn tight. You write about 75,000 words in a PhD dissertation for humanities, social sciences, etc. in four to five years. But for a masters degree you are expected to write 20,000 words in six months. 

After-graduation nightmare

When you complete your study, soon after world economy slowed down. With this, big dream of landing a job in The Guardian or BBC hit a road block. Your should not be that bad. But be prepared for zillions of job refusals before you crack the one.

Study abroad fair organized by Office of the International Programs and Study Abroad at Fainman Lounge.

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The Study Abroad Fair organized by the Office of International Programs and Study Abroad took place Oct. 2 at Fainman Lounge, where Roosevelt students had a chance to learn about new destinations offered by various academic and non-profit organizations from across the country.

Justin Osadjan, the director of International Programs at Roosevelt University, said he is hoping to increase the number of Roosevelt students participating in international programs. “My office is in charge of many things, and one of them is working with Roosevelt University students who want to study abroad as part of their academic career,” Osadjan said. “We have a number of students who study abroad each semester, and we are interested in increasing those numbers.”  To send students overseas, the Office of International Programs and Study Abroad partners with national and foreign organizations and academic institutions. Osadjan said introducing students to the national organizations that offer study abroad guide programs is one of the best ways to get the information about those programs in students’ hands. “Exchange programs are agreements Roosevelt has in place with universities around the world where we will send a Roosevelt University student,” Osadjan said. “In exchange, we get a student from that university in Chicago to fill the shoes of our student.”

As Roosevelt’s Office of International Programs and Study Abroad does not have the exchange agreements in every country, it partners with national organizations that have a greater scope of study abroad guide programs. According to Osadjan, Roosevelt University has partnerships with 15 organizations in the U.S. that offer trips where students can spend a semester or an academic year while living and learning in another country. One of these organizations is Vermont-based “World Learning” that presented its School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad that helps students to learn about critical global issues in different parts of the world. “Like a lot of organizations, we have sites all over the world, but there are several things that we do are kind of unique,” said Benjamin Efird, relations manager for SIT’s Midwest region. “We are big on experiential learning: We think language acquisition is important, we think it’s important students live with close families so they can really dive into the culture. One of the most unique components we have in all our programs is an independent study project: All of our students are taking a Research Methods and Ethics course and narrowing on an academic topic or an area of interest and end up doing a research project for their entire last month in a country.”

Efird said SIT Study Abroad has been at the previous fairs at the university and wants to interest more Roosevelt students, as social justice is incorporated in all of SIT’s programs. “We focus on critical global issues,” Efird explained. “We are looking at everything from a broad interdisciplinary angle of gender rights and gender and education systems, social movements, peace and conflict issues, post-conflict transformations. We put the human perspective into all our programs for students.” Accounting freshman Alexa Tapias said she was looking at Roosevelt’s programs in Colombia and Turkey. “I just want to go explore, expand my horizons a bit and that’s basically why I want to do it,” Tapias said. “I have traveled outside the U.S. a lot, and that makes me want to do it even more.”

The Study Abroad Guide Fair takes place twice in the academic year, as the Office of International Programs and Study Abroad continues to build partnerships with new organizations nationally and around the globe. “We do a fair each semester,” Osadjan said. “It’s generally in early October and again, sometime in late February or March.” Brittany Palmer, admissions representative of “Semester at Sea,” a study abroad guide program operated by the University of Virginia, said their program is becoming more popular in the Chicago area. “We are a little bit different because we are a comparative learning organization,” Palmer said. “You go to many different countries rather than just spending the whole semester in one,” Palmer said. According to Osadjan, The Office of International Programs and Study Abroad sends 10-15 students to different countries each semester. Roosevelt students can choose from a variety of long-term as well as short-term programs. “Each semester, we have other students who go study abroad on what we call faculty-led trips,” Osadjan said. “Faculty-led trips are where a Roosevelt professor will organize a class and that class includes about a week and a half of international travel. Students will study theory in a classroom, and they see what they have studied by travelling overseas,” Osadjan said.

As Osadjan said, within Roosevelt exchange programs, London Metropolitan University and University of Sussex have been two of the most popular ones. The Office of International Programs and Study Abroad has recently added a few new opportunities for Roosevelt students. “We have seen a lot of increased interest in the exchange program we have with KwaZulu-Natal University in South Africa,” Osadjan added. “We have one student studying there right now and several more students have expressed interest in going there in spring 2014. South Africa has turned into an exciting option for many students.”

The Office of International Programs and Study Abroad provides Roosevelt students with opportunities of studying in England, Tanzania, Spain, China, Germany and many other countries. The office is located in AUD 124.

UMass Amherst Cancels all Study Abroad programs in Israel - Amid Gaza War

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UMass Amherst has canceled all study abroad programs in Israel for the coming fall semester amid continuing fighting in the Gaza Strip, campus officials announced.

The university said this week that its International Risk Management Committee made the decision based on advice and information from the State Department, insurance and risk management consultants, and other sources. The fall cancellation will affect two undergraduates, one who was planning to start a program at Tel Aviv University next week and another who was scheduled to start a program at Bar-Ilan University in October.

The students will be reimbursed fully for any “nonrecoverable” expenses, including airfare, deposits, and program application and visa fees. Administrators have also offered to help the students secure housing and course enrollments or to find alternative study abroad options for the semester. “It was a difficult decision,” said Jack Ahern, the college’s vice provost for international programs. “But we take our responsibility to ensure students’ safety strongly.”

The State Department has recommended that US citizens defer “nonessential travel” to the region because of hostilities in the Gaza Strip between Israeli’s military and Gaza militants. Since fighting flared July 8, nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including many civilians, have been killed, while several dozen Israelis, mostly soldiers, have died. A three-day truce ended Friday, and the air strikes between the two sides resumed.

Last month, UMass Amherst evacuated six students and one faculty member from the Israeli city of Acre, where they were nearing the end of an archaeological dig program, Ahern said. “We became anxious about the hostilities and the danger they were in,” he said, adding that no one in the program was harmed.

The move will not affect the “substantial number” of UMass Amherst faculty and graduate students who travel to Israel or undergraduates who plan to go on personal travel, Ahern said.

He said the university typically sends five to 20 undergraduates to Israel each semester. No decisions have been made about programs scheduled for the spring semester.

“I’m hopeful that political conditions will allow” programs to continue, Ahern said.

UMass consulted with other colleges before deciding to cancel fall programming. Most other colleges the university spoke to are continuing their initiatives in Israel, according to Ahern.

Some other colleges have suspended study abroad guide programs there, including the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Iowa, and George Mason University, according to Ahern, media reports, and college websites.

Ahern said the last time he could recall UMass Amherst suspending study abroad programs was 2011, when the school evacuated students from Egypt and Syria during the “Arab Spring” uprisings and from Japan because of a tsunami and earthquake.

Overseas Students Study in Journalism Nominated for Award

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Study abroad students who came to the United Kingdom to pursue their passion for journalism is up for a top media award.

Julija Safronova has been nominated by the NCTJ-accredited De Montfort University for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ Midlands Student of the Year award.

Julija left her native Lithuania and made a 1,400-mile journey to study for a media, communications and journalism degree at the Leicester campus.

After obtaining a 2:1 joint honours degree, she’s now returned to her home country to work as a public relations assistant for a start-up business project. “Julija is a motivated and highly intelligent student of which any university would be proud,” said Liz Bridgen, programme leader for the MA public relations course at the university. “She has brought a real passion for public relations to the classroom. I am recommending her for this award because she is a hard-working and intelligent student with a strategic and analytical mind and is not afraid of a challenge.”

The awards will be held at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena in November.  Julija, who ultimately plans to come back to the UK to find a PR job or take her master’s degree at De Montfort, said: “Choosing to study abroad could not have been a better idea. “I was given everything required for my studies here – a modern environment, with access to all library services, a student support centre and even free English language courses, which were extremely useful while writing my dissertation.”

Worth of Study Abroad Students

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Study abroad students during studying an out of state community college, universities and meet new people change the way of thinking and get different meaningful experiences of the world.

Studying abroad is a great way for students to have those experiences and learn how other countries operate and grow. But traveling for study abroad is very expensive. A recent Forbes article stated that the average cost per semester abroad is $31,270, about twice the cost of a private college in the U.S.

As student loan debt totals now exceed credit card debt totals, it’s not hard to see why international travel might seem like an unreasonable expense. However, the benefits of studying abroad can have a life long impact on personal and professional growth.

Abroad organizations can be a great resource for securing additional funds to bridge the gap between the cost of studying abroad and what each college or university offers in the form of financial aid, and many serve specific audiences. The Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) is a resource that offers grants and scholarship money to student candidates. CIEE awards more than $3 million annually to study-abroad students who meet the eligibility requirements. Another financially responsible option is to choose a country that has a low cost of living.

freestudyabroadguide.com ranked India, Ghana and China as the top three budget-friendly countries for students in 2013. Any student who is studying abroad should also take inventory of what’s in their wallet. For example, credit card companies will charge foreign exchange fees for every purchase made. After a semester, these charges can significantly add up. Another card that can be helpful to students is the International Student Identity Card, which offers international students perks, discounts and benefits in 130 countries.

Students of NPS Have Obtained Scholarships for Study Abroad.

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The class 12 student of National Public School (NPS) are finalizing formalities to pursue his undergraduate program in law at Oxford. About 150 Class 12 students from NPS have obtained scholarships of $9 million for various undergrad courses in medicine, humanities and other streams in the USA and UK.

Boston University, University of London and Johns Hopkins University are the preferred destinations for study abroad., according to Inventure Academy where half the Class 12 students are headed abroad.

A brain drain is happening early in India. Education consultants in Bangalore are increasingly seeing 16 and 17 year old walk in to get details on foreign universities earlier sought only by those seeking PG admissions. The reasons are not far to seek. Global exposure and higher cut-offs in Indian colleges are forcing them to look to foreign shores.

KP Gopalakrishna, chairman of NPS, said: "Today students are realizing the value of foreign education (study abroad) rather early. The CBSE syllabus is good enough for them to compete anywhere. It's different from what it was a decade ago. Students want to go for their under-graduate program itself now.''

Flexibility of courses is another attraction. "Universities study abroad allow students to pursue liberal arts in medicine and engineering courses," says Lt Gen (retired) Arjun Ray, CEO of Indus, 90% students are headed to foreign shores, predominantly US varsities. The scene is no different at Indus International School where every year 90% of its students go abroad to pursue UG courses. Of the 90% of students, 80% go to USA. Apart from pursuing UG courses in science and technology, students are going to foreign universities to pursue liberal arts.''

Education in India too does not come cheap, say consultants. Ajeet Kumar, director of Admission Guru, says in India a student has to roughly spend around Rs 90 lakh to pursue medicine but in China, Ukraine or Philippines, it would be only around Rs 60 lakh.

"Why wait till they complete graduation?" asks a parent whose ward has secured admission in University of Pennsylvania. "The fees are no cheaper here. The process is so skewed that one mark makes a difference and the student cannot pursue the course of his choice. If you have the money, earlier the better.''

Dilip Rai, director of Overseas Educational Services, says the top destinations are the US, Canada, and Australia as they offer work permits too. Singapore is another favorite. Germany attracts engineering aspirants as its universities offer free education for international students. According to an IIM-B study abroad, Indian students also prefer English-speaking countries.

Merit Higher Education Consultancy director Santosh Neelangatil says for the past few year there are many queries regarding admissions for graduate programs in Singapore too. Germany which is known as the hub for mechanical engineering is one of the favorites for Bangaloreans. S Jayanth, manager (overseas education) of Global Gateway Consultancy says it is difficult for every one to get into educational institutions of Germany, but many Bangaloreans are applying as the universities in this country, which are public funded offer free education for international students

According to a study abroad conducted by Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Indian students prefer pursuing courses in English-speaking countries like Germany, USA, UK, and Australian students.

Study Abroad - India Foreign Exchange Outflow of $15 to $20 Billion.

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About 290000 students go overseas every year for university education, which costs India a foreign exchange outflow of $15 to $20 billion per year. Among the favorite higher education destinations among Indians are study in Germany US, UK, Australia and France.

An important reason for many Indians choosing to study abroad is the shortage of good institutions in India and growing competition for limited seats. Moreover, the reservation policy in India reduces the availability of seats to general category students, weakening the prospects of a majority of students, says an Assocham report.

The US is the top destination for students from around the world. The Open Doors Report, published by the Institute of International Education, an independent nonprofit organisation with a network of 19 offices and affiliates worldwide, which was released in November 2014, reported a 7% increase in the number of international students.

Most of foreign students stood at 819,644 students in 2012/13, with 55,000 more students than last year enrolled in colleges and universities across the US, the report said. Surprisingly, though India remained the top three countries of origin with China and Korea, the number of Indian students went down by 4% for the second year.

Arjun Seth, director of EdBrand, who leads a group of independent college admissions counsellors who assist students identify ‘right-fit’ college or university options abroad, says US institutes offer students the certainty of quality content. “The flexibility of the system, the freedom to do multidisciplinary courses ensures that the students get a well-rounded education, which helps them discover their strengths,” he said.

With over 1,200 institutions and over 22,000 courses to choose from, Australia  also offers a diverse range of study abroad options for international students. “From July 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, 24,205 Indians were granted student visas to study in Australia. That is a 32.9% increase over the same period last year,” says an Australian high commission spokesperson.

Many Indian students in New Zealand has also increased by close to 50% in the last five years. “New Zealand has eight public state-funded universities, all of which are listed in the world’s top 500 QS World University Rankings,” says Ziena Jalil, regional director, South and South East Asia, Education New Zealand.

About five years past , many Indian students in France grew by 50%. This is because of various factors such as overall increase in the number of Indian students, higher education costs in the Anglo-Saxon countries, wide range of scholarships across a bouquet of academic disciplines and easier visa rules. Nearly 3,000 students studied in France in 2013.

“Indian students coming to France have access to some of the best academic study abroad institutions in the world, at very low fee. Visa rules have been made easier and students can now stay for an additional year in the country,” Arnaud Mentré, press counsellor, Embassy of France.

Anger Builds over Facebook Manipulation Study Abroad

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Facebook News Feeds has sparked among users who are criticizing the study abroad ethics behind the experiment, which was conducted by Facebook and many Universities of Australia, Germany, Sweden, USA i.e.

Researchers tweaked the feeds of 689,003 users to show a disproportionate number of positive or negative statuses for one week in January 2012. They found that the emotions of others on your News Feed can affect your mood, and published the results in journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). However, they did not inform users that they were manipulating News Feeds, and many questioned the study's abroad ethics.

Facebook legally is allowed to do this. As soon as users sign up for the social network, they agree to give up their data for analysis, testing and research. In this case, however, it is not the research people are criticizing it's the manipulation of data without users' prior consent or knowledge study.

British researchers say - Too much sleep in middle age affects the Brain Power

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Too much sleep in middle age could be as bad as not getting enough, British researchers say.
UK study abroad of almost 9000 persons has found about 50 to 64 years old who sleep less than six and more than eight hours a night have worse decision-making ability and memories study. But for older adults about 65 to 89 years old, brain power was only impaired if they slept over eight hours a night. And getting the right amount of sleep at an older age may prevent mental illness in later life such as dementia, the researchers at the University of Warwick suggested.

"Sleep is important for good health and mental well being," Professor Francesco Cappuccio said.
"Optimizing sleep at an older age may help to delay the decline in brain function seen with age, or may slow or prevent the rapid decline that leads to dementia."

Dr. Michelle Miller said the study's finding suggested the amount of sleep people need and its effect on their health changes with age. "Six to eight hours of sleep per night is particularly important for optimum brain function in younger adults,"  "These results are consistent with our previous research, which showed six to eight hours per night was optimal for physical health, including lowest risk of developing obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and stroke."

Prior studies have shown getting enough sleep allows the brain to cleanse itself of harmful toxins accumulated during waking hours.  It is less apparent why too much sleep could be harmful but existing research has linked oversleeping with medical problems such as heart disease and diabetes.  But researchers have said the link may be partly due to oversleeping being more common among those suffering from depression, the unemployed and the poor, who are more likely to suffer health problems.  The findings of the latest study abroad guide were published, 3968 men and 4821 women between 50 and 90 years old in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.  They registered the quality and quantity of the subjects' sleep over one month.

Study Abroad Guide Helping Postgraduate Students in Cross Disciplinary Materials - Cultural Adjustment - Trialing - Flexible Resources - Dissemination Activities

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An international collaborative research project, funded by the Australian Government’s Office for Teaching Learning and Studying, which involves universities in Australia and China.  They are interested in exploring how Chinese students might make the transition more successfully into postgraduate coursework studies in communication and media in Australia – and possibly in other fields and other Western countries as well.

They are investigating what does it mean to be a successful student in China and how does that compare with Australia? What similarities and differences are there in the learning teaching  and studying contexts of China and Australia?

What are the challenges that Chinese students experience when making the transition from study in China to postgraduate coursework study in Australia? What learning and teaching resources will best prepare students for postgraduate study abroad?

Based on our research, the project aims to develop teaching and learning resources to be used by lecturers and students in both Australia and China in order to assist Chinese students to transition successfully into postgraduate coursework studies in communication and media in Australia.

There is considerable interest in the project at practical and strategic levels in universities in both countries.

The resources include a model of good practice and associated toolkits of pedagogic practices and materials for lecturers in China and Australia, and learning strategies and materials for students in both countries.

These are based on ethnographic research by both Chinese and Australian researchers into the teaching and learning environments in China and Australia, including the learning experiences of students before leaving China and after arrival in Australia, and the teaching practices of their lecturers.

Materials are now being produced and trialled in the partner and participating universities, and dissemination activities are taking place across Australia and China.

Cross Disciplinary Materials

Research suggests that students learn best when learning and teaching skills, strategies and materials are customized to specific disciplinary needs, and hence our initial focus is on media and communication.

However, we are also testing the feasibility of adapting our materials for use within the disciplines of management, engineering and agriculture  so far  with possibly more to come. Beyond Australia, we're now working with Singapore and Canada, too, with a view to the potential transfer ability of the resources across disciplines and nations.

To date, relatively little is known about how Chinese students are prepared academically in their home institutions and how and why this experience influences their adaptation to postgraduate study in Australia.

Previous studies have noted that international students face a number of challenges when they study abroad guide such as adjusting to differences in academic cultures, styles of learning and teaching, and differences about what it means to be a ‘successful’ student.

Both Chinese and Western scholars have pointed out that the challenges are often greater for Chinese students when they study abroad in countries where the language and ways of learning differ from those in their home university.

Cultural Adjustment

The difficulties are escalated for postgraduates because the period of coursework study in Australia is relatively short, with often only two or three semesters in which to identify what is expected of them in the new cultural context, adjust to Australian teaching practices and develop culturally appropriate learning skills.

Academics in Australia often struggle to know how best to negotiate the increasing diversity they are encountering in their classes and therefore need resources and training to develop their pedagogical practice and interactions with international students, especially those from China.

They have now completed our research in universities in China and Australia. Chinese higher education is undergoing considerable reform and teaching practices are not homogeneous across institutions and regions of China just as in Australia.

Nevertheless, there do appear to be philosophies and practices that are common to each country, and these point to the existence of distinct differences between Chinese and Australian academic contexts. The differences play out in multiple ways including in forms of assessment, classroom and group interactions, peer and lecturer relationships, communication and how ideas are expressed, and styles of argumentation.

It is not uncommon for students who are acculturated into the practical knowledge and academic expectations of China to be confused and overwhelmed when confronted with the academic norms and practices of Australian universities especially when these are not explicitly taught by Australian lecturers. It is this issue that the project seeks to address.

Trialing Materials in China

At present, They are writing, revising and trialing resources for use by lecturers in both countries. Two of the project team, Dr Lindy Norris from Murdoch University and Dr Fiona Henderson from project partner Victoria University, visited four universities in China in May: our project partner, Communication University of China, as well as Henan University in Kaifeng, Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, and Shandong Jianzhu University in Jinan.  The aim of the visit was to work with Chinese academics to evaluate the suitability of our newly developed teaching resources for the Chinese tertiary context.

They also sought to find out if the materials with their current focus on media and communication might be useful for students studying other disciplines, such as management, and at undergraduate level. Working with Associate Professor Yu Haixia and other Chinese academics, Norris and Henderson facilitated and observed teaching sessions for students at final year level before going abroad to take up postgraduate study, as well as those in their first year of study, and others studying a range of topics in the social sciences and humanities.

Final year students reported their enthusiasm for learning how to work interactively in classrooms, and were keen to find out more about what would be expected of them when they joined courses in abroad universities.

Flexible Resources

They noted a genuine enthusiasm by lecturers in the various Chinese institutions to hear about and experience Australian learning and teaching strategies and then to work through what might or might not be appropriated or adapted for their own contexts. This was particularly notable among English language teachers in China who in their feedback to us said they were often frustrated by the lack of authentic English language texts available to them.

In contrast, however, we also noted from feedback and our ongoing conversations that there are significant disadvantages and challenges for Chinese universities in running courses that focus on the skills and processes of learning rather than discipline content for students prior to their going abroad to study.

This suggests that in future the onus of support for Chinese students is likely to continue to remain with the host universities in Australia. There are, of course, exceptions. For instance at Henan University, a long-standing relationship with Victoria University in Melbourne has resulted in a joint history of mutual learning about different styles of teaching. In that university, lecturers are very aware of and open to introducing students to active learning styles, thus preparing them for study abroad in Anglophone cultures.

The variety of contexts and audiences experienced by Norris and Henderson on their visit to Chinese universities remind us once again that the Chinese learning culture is not monolithic. There are differences between regions and institutions and therefore our resources need to be flexible and capable of being tailored according to academic need and cultural diversity.

Developing, Trialing, Translating in Australia

In Australia, our draft resources are currently undergoing trialing in our partner institutions and other participating universities. These include a series of interventions for media and communication lecturers to use on an ad-hoc basis in tutorials and lectures, or as a coherent introductory program for use by student learning centers when international students first arrive at Australian tertiary institutions. There is also a set of briefing notes for lecturers to enhance their awareness and understanding of the different education systems, including learning and teaching practices and implications for Chinese students going abroad to study. These have been translated and distributed in China as a discussion point for lecturers.

Dissemination Activities

To date, the team has been successful in disseminating the research findings at international conferences as well as more intimate regional and local workshops. Presentations to academic communities in Australia and China have sought to raise awareness of the challenges confronting Chinese postgraduates when they arrive in Australia, and also differences between the pedagogical philosophies and strategies between the two learning cultures. With intercultural competency and international collaborations around transnational education being high on universities’ agendas there is strong interest in the project.

At Murdoch University where the project is based, discussions have been held at a strategic level with senior executives with regard to the potential to adapt the materials for the training of lecturers and affiliates at campuses in Singapore and Dubai.

In Australia, the first professional development sessions for staff have taken place at Murdoch University in Perth and Victoria University in Melbourne to test our ideas with small groups. These complement the sessions run in China.

The background literature and mapping of concepts, together with the analysis of research data and feedback from scholars in China will inform a forthcoming paper about the study abroad culture of China and current policy reform.  The team will continue to share forthcoming publications, abstracts and slides on the project website.  This project represents a unique opportunity to build a socially and culturally responsible educational collaboration in the context of international education of study abroad, with the potential to refine and adapt the framework and associated resources to other disciplines.

Outstanding Criminal Justice Grad Makes Opportunities in Study Abroad

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Katherine Chavez Chavarria has vision. She lost her eyesight early age as the result of a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma. But Chavez Chavarria never lost sight of what she wants to accomplish in life. She wants to be a lawyer and help the most in need persons.

In May, Chavez Chavarria graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Public Program’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She was named her school’s outstanding graduate for the spring 2014 semester.  It was not easy. The last year was extremely difficult because her father was battling throat cancer. His voice box was removed in September. A blind daughter. A mute father. The only way they could communicate was through text messages.  “It was that much more difficult and heartbreaking for me because I can’t see him and I can’t hear him,” says Chavez Chavarria, who lived at Taylor Place, the downtown campus dorm. “It was hard being away and every time the phone rings, being tentative of who’s calling and who’s testing me.”

Then, two weeks before graduation, her father died. Finals had just begun.  “I knew I needed to finish, not just for myself, but for my dad,” Chavez Chavarria says. “My parents, they both have been encouraging. And I know my dad would have wanted me to finish. He would not want me to be depressed and drop out.” Chavez Chavarria credits her family, friends and faith for getting her through. “It was very hard going through all of this my senior year, but God has definitely given me supernatural strength because I wouldn’t have been able to do it without God.”  “This girl is unstoppable,” says Karla Arias, who was Chavez Chavarria’s academic adviser. “She was very committed to her schooling and to getting the best experience from college that she could have earned.”

That meant getting involved in activities on the downtown campus, where she rarely missed a school event. She also started a student organization to help students develop and strengthen their faith.  “She has also been very, very involved with our school, very involved with our college,” says Arias. “And she was also president of an organization at our downtown campus – Awake Ministry. She’s just amazing.”

Here was a blind woman who was unafraid to try new things and seek out new opportunities. That impressed Bob Robson, a professor of practice in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.  “She wanted to experience everything that she could possibly experience,” says Robson, “and that was quite evident in her travels, but obviously in her educational pursuits.“

Robson got to know Chavez Chavarria in class and through their conversations outside the classroom. He wishes more students had her moxie.  “She took every opportunity that was made available to her,” Robson says. “If you have plans on going anywhere in life and you have opportunities that are around you, then you should take them. That’s how career opportunities come about.”  But, what most people did not know about Chavez Chavarria is that it took her twice as long to do the same class work as students who could see. But she never complained, never used it as an excuse. What really amazed Arias were all the other things that she could do. Such as living in London as part of a free study abroad guide program, or being a member of her high school cheer leading squad. That surprised her initially. “Because she was a petite girl, she was the one who did the flips,” Arias says. “Everything was by counting. She relied on her friends a lot."

She still relies on friends. But for the past five years, Chavez Chavarria has relied on a black Labrador named Olivia. For graduation, she dressed up her guide dog in a maroon cap and gown. Olivia walked beside Chavez Chavarria, who helped carry her school’s flag, or gonfalon, on stage at the beginning of the College of Public Programs Convocation held at Wells Fargo Arena. Chavez Chavarria sat in the first row. Olivia lay faithfully in front of her feet.

Chavez Chavarria isn’t your typical outstanding graduate. She does not have a 4.0 GPA. It’s a tad under 3.0. It was higher, but dropped for a number of reasons, including dealing with her father’s struggle with cancer. Then there was studying for the LSAT, the exam needed to get into law school. She did her best to balance her studies while preparing for her future.  “Her goal after graduation is to become a lawyer,” says Arias. “She has her plan. She has her goal. She already did the LSAT and has applied to a couple Ivy League schools.”

Since the 8th grade, Chavez Chavarria says she’s wanted to help those who have nobody to turn to. She’s not sure how that will materialize after law school, but thinks she may start off working with juveniles.  “I just want to make a difference,” Chavez Chavarria says. “I really want to have an impact and make a difference on the whole community.”  Her college adviser is confident she’ll achieve that.  “She’s very passionate, she’s very caring for other people,” Arias says. "Her goal is to help those people who are in need of a lawyer. That’s what she wants to do.”

For now, Chavez Chavarria plans help her family after death of her father.

Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica - University of Louisiana Business Students Return

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Study Abroad Guide Program gave 19 University of Louisiana at Lafayette business students a chance to learn how some Costa Rican companies have successfully incorporated sustainable practices. Costa Ricans have a strong commitment to protecting local ecosystems and to creating a green society. The Central American country is a pioneer in ecotourism and has earned a reputation for its environmental policies.

Students in the Summer Intercession Study Abroad Guide Program visited EARTH University, home to an organic banana plantation. Some fruit, flowers and coffee that are grown by that university are sold exclusively at Whole Foods Markets in the United States.

Students also toured Five-Leaf certified sustainable businesses including Cafe Britt, the largest coffee producer in Costa Rica, and Hospira, one of the top medical device manufacturers in the world. Students in the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration are eligible to take the study abroad course, which is in its fourth year. It's a joint program offered with Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.

Students in the Summer Intercession Study Abroad Guide Program can earn three credit hours.

Scholarships are available for all study abroad guide programs through the university's Study Abroad Office.

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In 2012, Zhang Ying made a decision that she has never regretted. That summer, she paid about 40,000 yuan for her daughter to go to a summer study abroad camp in New York. During the three-week study abroad camp, Jingjing not only attended English classes with dozens of foreign students, but also visited the White House and many other places of interest. She took in-depth tours to famous universities in the city and nearby, including Columbia University, one of the schools Zhang hopes her daughter might attend in the future.

"The summer study abroad camp boosted her academic performance, but most importantly, it exposed her to a different culture and opened a door for her to a broader world," Zhang says. The experience also helped Jingjing psychologically prepare to lead a life among foreigners, important because her parents hope Jingjing will go abroad to study after graduating from high school, Zhang adds. She was so pleased with the effect of the camp that in 2013, Zhang paid almost the same amount of money for Jingjing to enjoy a similar camp program in the English city of Cambridge.

Many Chinese parents are enthusiastic about enrolling their children in such costly but view-broadening programs. "The demand for overseas summer camps from Chinese families is huge and is increasing exponentially," says Louisa Tao, a market manager with EF Education First, a company that works on cultural exchange and study  abroad programs.

Since entering the Chinese market in 1993, the Switzerland-based EF Education First has organized overseas study abroad trips and summer camps for about 100,000 Chinese students, Tao says.  The dynamics behind the growing popularity of such service is complicated, but the main driving force, Tao believes, is that parents are willing to pay more so their children can gain overseas experience, especially when more and more Chinese prefer foreign universities to domestic ones.

Such parents are likely to be aged 35 to 40 and well educated; some have overseas work or education experience. While they expect a lot from the academic portion of overseas summer camps, the cultural experience is at least as important—maybe more, Tao adds.  Wu Jiang, a mother of two girls in Shanghai, recently started a business in organizing study abroad trips for Chinese children.

The inspiration came from her own experience. She and her husband are world travelers, and even though their daughters are now only 2 and 6 years old, they have taken the girls to dozens of countries. In Wu's eyes, nothing is more educational than exposing the children to cultures and lifestyles of different people—to help them understand the world better. "Only in such ways, will they grow into knowledgeable, tolerant, loving and confident people who know enjoying life is far better than pursuing money or worldly benefits," Wu says.

Wu is an active member of an alumni association of several top MBA schools in China, and several years ago she set up an operations team for the association. The team has now launched overseas summer camp programs for the association members' children, and quickly booked all openings.

For Fuzhou resident Wang Hongwei in Fujian province, summer camp means more than cultural experiences.  Her daughter, Wenwen, 17, went to a summer camp in London last July. The camp had about 20 Chinese students, all between ages 14 and 18. Together with children from other countries, they lived with different host families.

Apart from learning English and practicing together on weekdays, they visited famous universities, museums, churches and other place of interest during weekends.  Wang says that Wenwen has become very independent since returning from the trip. Considering that Wenwen was their little baby girl, Wang and her husband used to take care of everything for her.  But the trip took Wenwen into a completely strange environment, where she knew no one, and she had to take buses to school, do the laundry by herself, and maintain good relations with fellow travelers, Wang says.

"She told me she is surprised by the perfect preservation of ancient buildings in London, while I was surprised by her change," Wang says.  "The trip enlightened her, and she has become mature. She now cares about what she will do with her future."

For the 15-day study abroad camp, Wang paid about 30,000 yuan, and she thinks it was worth the price.

As long as the summer study abroad camp is educational.

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Head of the Department for Information and Regional Policy of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Anna Usachyova, reported that a program called “Global Education”, enabling Russian students to study abroad for free at the best foreign universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, is going to be launched in 2014.

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At the moment the supervisory board of the program is being formed. Soon the participants in the program will be chosen.



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You can stop having a mini meltdown and inhaling a bottle of wine, you have a one night stand because a new study has revealed it might actually be good for you according to free study abroad guide.

The study from New York University, published earlier, dispels popular misconceptions that sex can leave participants with low self-esteem and self-worth following a sexual encounter with someone who is not a long-term partner.

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The researchers asked students at the U.S. university to keep a weekly diary for 12 weeks and to write down how they felt after they’d had sex – and the results were very surprising.

According to researchers: ‘When it came to those who were sexually unrestricted, having sex was associated with higher self-esteem and life satisfaction and lower depression and anxiety.’ ‘Typically, sexually unrestricted individuals reported lower distress and higher thriving following casual sex, suggesting that high sexuality may both buffer against any potentially harmful consequences of casual sex and allow access to its potential benefits.’

The students selected to appear in the study admitted leaning towards ‘sexuality’, a term which basically means that they did not have a problem with having sex outside of a relationship. The even more surprising part? There were no notable gender differences. Turns out women do enjoy a spot of casual sex just as much as men.



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Jewelers to Invest in Botswana

Botswana’s Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Onkokame Kitso Mokaila, described the country's  mission to diversify to the United State "to lure jewelers to invest in Botswana".

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“We want people to go as far down the value chain as possible and that’s why we want to  start a new conversation about how can we help bring jewelers to Botswana,” Mokaila said at the JCK Las Vegas show. “How can we have a relationship that can be meaningful to them? We will listen and do what is necessary to ensure that we diversify our economy.” For Botswana, economic diversification is vital as the country remains highly reliant upon the diamond industry and, more specifically, diamond mining. Through its partnerships with De Beers, royalties and taxes, approximately 80% of royalties from diamonds mined in Botswana go to the government. Mokaila reports that about 30% of the country’s budget and about 80% of its export revenue comes from diamonds.

Still, the diamond mining has its limits, even if Mokaila assured that the country’s diamond mining resource will extend to around 2050, well beyond the initial 2030 projection. Debswana, which is an equal partnership between De Beers and the Botswana government, has the bulk of production yielding about 22 million carats a year from its four mines – Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa and Jwaneng. The Ghaghoo development, the country’s fifth mine, is being readied for production by Gem Diamonds later this year.

Therefore, while the country’s diamond resource is celebrated, the government is also acutely aware of the need to diversify. The country has come a long way to move downstream in a short time.

In past, De Beers shifted its sorting and sales operations from London to Gaborone, and the state-owned Okavango Diamond Company launched its own rough sales. In addition, a number of new diamond manufacturing companies have begun operations, bringing the number of DTC Botswana sightholders to 20. Significantly, a number of auxiliary services such as brokers, banks, shipping companies and grading laboratories have set up shop in Gaborone.

Mokaila sees as bringing jewelers to the country and expanding Okavango’s role. During his trip to the U.S. he visited Tiffany & Co. to understand what is required to be involved in the retail side of the business. “We want to understand what the value proposition is,” he told Martin Rapaport, the chairman of the Rapaport Group, during a video interview. “I know that [jewelers] won’t come for nothing and that they have to stay in business. We don’t expect them to come to Botswana out of charity. It has to be sustainable.”

Similarly, the government is cautious to ensure that Okavango’s operations are sustainable. The company currently has access to 14% of Debswana production – approximately 3 million carats – which it sells via auction. Mokaila stressed that he wants to make Okavango a major competitor on the global market, which he hints might include introducing rough contract sales, polished tenders and gaining access to a greater chunk of Debswana production.

To down the value chain that these bodies are able to drive the industry,  the more the government can reinvest to develop other areas of the economy. Slowly, other sectors are growing, most notably tourism. Mokaila explained that the government’s budget is generally channeled toward developments such as water, electricity and infrastructure projects “to ensure that as more people come to Botswana, they can do good business,” and for recurrent projects to improve education and health services that benefit the local population.

The government’s budget has enabled virtually free education for Botswana’s population of 2 million and many young Botswanans are granted scholarships to study abroad. However, for well-educated population, Mokaila notes that there are not enough jobs. He hopes that establishing jewelry manufacturing and other diamond support industries will create the opportunities in the same way that diamonds did. “I look at myself sitting here. I come from a settlement of about 50 people according to the last census,” he explained. “What chance does anybody from such a settlement have of sitting here as a minister, who has been schooled from start to finish by diamonds? That’s how attached we are to them, and that’s what diamonds mean to Botswana.”

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ISU Plans for American Students Studying Abroad

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Studying abroad is important because our students need to be able to interact with a global work force. ISU has signed onto the Institute of International Education's Generation Study Abroad initiative that calls for doubling the number of American students studying abroad by the end of the decade.

Depending on the program, a semester abroad generally costs from $7,500 to $21,000, including airfare, passport, tuition and other costs, according to the Office of International Studies and Programs. That compares to about $13,200 a semester for the average in-state student, including, tuition, fees, room and board, books and personal expenses, the office reports.

“International experience and intercultural skills are all very important for today's graduate,” The world has changed. We're not an isolated country. We need to relate to others to be globally competitive.” But studying abroad is not just a matter of boosting intellectual skills and being competitive in the job market — it's also about personal growth, said those involved.

Rita Hess of Elk Grove Village, who graduated from ISU in May with a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Italian, said the five months she spent in Grenada, Spain. It made me more compassionate toward others. It opened my eyes to a lot of things I never knew before.  Also, after her international experience, Hess said, “I'm a lot less reserved. I'm a lot less scared to try new things.”

The impact of studying abroad became personal to Bailey after her oldest child, Ky, studied in Morocco. “He came back with such a different perspective,” she said. “It hit home how life-changing it is.” There can be extended stays, such as the the five months Hess was in Spain. She took 18 credit hours of courses taught in Spanish and lived with a local family that included a teenage girl. Other students stay for a semester, taking courses taught in English or the local language. Some take shorter trips of 10 days to a month led by ISU faculty members who might tie the trip to a course.

Bailey described a course offered through the honors program that studied one city, Florence, Italy, in depth, covering areas such as history, culture, geography and economics. Then, 17 students and two instructors spent about 10 days in Florence.

Lorenzo de Medici, an international institute with several campuses in Italy, offers a wide range of courses taught in English that contribute to Italy being among the most popular countries for foreign study. The next most popular locations for ISU students are England and Spain. Among the keys to increasing the number of students studying abroad are getting to them early before they are locked into a sequence of courses in their majors, and having faculty members talk to students about the value of international experience.

A potential area for growth is among male students. About 74% of ISU students who study abroad are females.



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Know about your study abroad area. Try and read the newspaper and familiarize yourself with the general state of affairs in the country and city you will be visiting. Pick up a travel book, like a Lonely Planet, to get to know the major monuments, transportation, local sites, as well as the good and bad areas of town. Read about Free Study Abroad Guide reviews of your program and other programs in the area, as well as other blogs devoted to the student experience study abroad. Check out for first hand accounts of student expats and their experiences while study abroad. Not only will you be able to converse with the locals better, enhance your own experience with insight into the cultural quirks of your country, but you will be more in the know compared to your other study abroad participants.

There is hard time in your life to travel when you are willing to go the extra mile to save a few bucks and adventurous enough to check out the out of the way towns and festivals. If you are in Europe, head over to Munich for Okterber fest in the fall, check out hiking the Alps in October, before the ski crowds, high prices, and cold move in, go to the Greek Islands in May before the crowds roll in and when the weather is great or Southern Spain in the winter months. Investigate opportunities for cheap travel within your region. Check out www.freestudyabroadguide.com/'s Helpful Links section for links to websites and resources for low cost airline, lodging, package travel, as well as travel blogs. Don't forget that much of the world travels by train and bus, which can be both cost effective and one of the more interesting cultural experiences you will have. There is nothing quite like sitting on a 10 hour bus ride with a family and the family pet pig or catching a taking an overnight train to your destination and bundling up the cost of lodging and transportation all in one.

Take advantage of student discounts if they are available in your study abroad country. Depending on the country you study in, student discounts can save you money at museums, tourist attractions, transportation, shopping outlets, and even the movie theater. Also, many hostels and other businesses have negotiated discounts for holders of the international student card.

Figure out how you will be communicating with your loved ones and friends back in the United States, your new friends and the locals in your new home, as well as the local emergency number. For calling your friends and family in the United States, as well as others with an internet connection, VOIP options, including Skype and Vonage may be a great, cost effective option for you. You may have to invest in a microphone and speakers for your computer, if you don't already have them, but these VOIP options are cheap, reliable, and you can call anywhere, as long as you are by your computer. As far as keeping in touch with your local friends, check into cell phone plans that are available. Some countries do not allow you to sign up for a monthly cell phone plan unless you have a local bank account, but most countries offer pay-as-you-go cell phone plans that can do the job for only slightly more than the cost of a monthly plan. Don't forget to also check out the landline options while you are abroad, for calls made locally and internationally. Sometimes landline rates can be reasonable.

If your idea of comfort food is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chances are you should stock up on peanut butter before you leave the US. Most countries have either their own version of some American foods, or nothing at all. You may not realize until you are already abroad, but you will come up with food items you can't live without and that you can't find anywhere abroad.

One thing you will notice after your first month of living abroad are the foreign transaction fees your credit card company charges on all purchases made in another currency as well as the transaction charge for most ATM withdrawals. Although the bank offers no service for these fees, which range from 2 to 3% of the charge, they can add up quickly. So if you are not planning to open up an account at a local bank, check to see if your American bank has any agreements set up with international banks and affiliates, to cut down on this expense. Capital One does not charge foreign transaction fees on credit card purchases, but does on ATM transactions. If your bank does not have any special arrangements with a foreign bank, another idea is to withdraw a large sum of cash each month and go through that as needed. Don't forget that if your debit or credit card is lost or stolen, it can be difficult to replace quickly. Check out this article from the NYTimes Here to read more about credit cards while abroad.

Many who go abroad are happy to spend time with other Americans, party until all hours of the night at different bars and dance clubs, and speak in English for the duration of the trip. However, I encourage you to do something out of your comfort zone, whether it is studying in the local language, living in a homestay with a local family, joining a local club or sports team, volunteering or finding an internship locally, or simply getting off the beaten path when you travel. Not only will you get a better flavor of the cultural nuances and how things work in the country you are living in, but you will be more resilient and gain a different view of the country you are in. Don't forget that when you return to the United States, you and others will be most impressed and have the best memories of how you integrated into new environment.

If you Play a Sport, Get Involved. Although most Americans associate college sports with intense practice and competition schedules, the rest of the world does not think of college sports in that way. At most colleges, there are sports clubs and teams with more casual practice and competition schedules. Not only can you play a sport that you love, but you can meet other students and it is always a great study break. Depending on your skill level, you may also think of giving lessons in your sport, or volunteering your time coaching a youth team or league. If you do plan to play a sport overseas, don't forget to bring your gear, as sports equipment can either be difficult to find or very expensive.

You will always be an American, but it is worth reading up and respecting the history of the country and people you are living with. Take behavioral cues from locals, especially in regards to dressing more conservatively in churches and the local tolerance for public drinking. Know what is an appropriate tip when at a restaurant and for a cab ride.

Studying abroad will provide memories that will last a lifetime, make sure you capture these moments to share with friends and family as well as to reminisce in later years.

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The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a public, state-related research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855, the university has a stated threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and online delivery. Its University Park campus, the flagship campus, lies within the Borough of State College and College Township. The Penn State Dickinson School of Law has facilities located in both Carlisle and State College and the College of Medicine is located in Hershey. Penn State has another 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special-mission campuses located across the state. Penn State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.

Annual enrollment at the University Park campus totals more than 45,000 graduate and undergraduate students, making it one of the largest universities in the United States. It has the world's largest dues-paying alumni association. The university's total enrollment in 2009–10 was approximately 94,300 across its 24 campuses and online through its World Campus.

The university offers more than 160 majors among all its campuses and administers $2.03 billion (as of June 30, 2013) in endowment and similar funds. The university's research expenditures exceeded $753 million for the 2009 fiscal year and was ranked 9th among U.S. universities in research income by the National Science Foundation.

Annually, the university hosts the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON), which is the world's largest student-run philanthropy. This event is held in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. In 2014, THON raised a program record of $13.3 million. The university's athletics teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Penn State Nittany Lions. They compete in the Big Ten Conference for most sports.

History
The school was founded as a degree-granting institution on February 22, 1855, by act P.L. 46, No. 50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. Centre County, Pennsylvania, became the home of the new school when James Irvin of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, donated 200 acres (0.8 km2) of land – the first of 10,101 acres (41 km2) the school would eventually acquire. In 1862, the school's name was changed to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and with the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Pennsylvania selected the school in 1863 to be the state's sole land-grant college. In the following years, enrollment fell as the school tried to balance purely agricultural studies with a more classic education, falling to 64 undergraduates in 1875, a year after the school's name changed once again to the Pennsylvania State College.

George W. Atherton became president of the school in 1882, and broadened the curriculum. Shortly after he introduced engineering studies, Penn State became one of the ten largest engineering schools in the nation. Atherton also expanded the liberal arts and agriculture programs, for which the school began receiving regular appropriations from the state in 1887. A major road in State College has been named in Atherton's honor. Additionally, Penn State's Atherton Hall, a well-furnished and centrally located residence hall, is named not after George Atherton himself, but after his wife, Frances Washburn Atherton. His grave is in front of Schwab Auditorium near Old Main, marked by an engraved marble block in front of his statue.

In the years that followed, Penn State grew significantly, becoming the state's largest grantor of baccalaureate degrees and reaching an enrollment of 5,000 in 1936. Around that time, a system of commonwealth campuses was started by President Ralph Dorn Hetzel to provide an alternative for Depression-era students who were economically unable to leave home to attend college.

In 1953, President Milton S. Eisenhower, brother of then-U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, sought and won permission to elevate the school to university status as The Pennsylvania State University. Under his successor Eric A. Walker (1956–1970), the university acquired hundreds of acres of surrounding land, and enrollment nearly tripled. In addition, in 1967, the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, a college of medicine and hospital, was established in Hershey with a $50 million gift from the Hershey Trust Company.

In the 1970s, the university became a state-related institution. As such, it now belongs to the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, and is now part of the fully public Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. In 1975, the lyrics in Penn State's alma mater song were revised to be gender-neutral in honor of International Women's Year; the revised lyrics were taken from the posthumously-published autobiography of the writer of the original lyrics, Fred Lewis Pattee, and Professor Patricia Farrell acted as a spokesperson for those who wanted the change.

In recent years, the university's role as a leader in education in Pennsylvania has become very well-defined. In 1989, the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport joined ranks with the university, and in 2000, so did the Dickinson School of Law. The university is now the largest in Pennsylvania, and in 2003, it was credited with having the second-largest impact on the state economy of any organization, generating an economic effect of over $17 billion on a budget of $2.5 billion. To offset the lack of funding due to the limited growth in state appropriations to Penn State, the university has concentrated its efforts on philanthropy (2003 marked the end of the Grand Destiny campaign—a seven-year effort that raised over $1.3 billion)

In 2011, the university and its football team garnered major international media attention and criticism due to a sex abuse scandal in which university officials were alleged to have covered up incidents of child sexual abuse by former football team defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Two university administrators, athletic director Timothy Curley and Gary Schultz, Senior Vice President for Finance and Business, were indicted for perjury. Sandusky was indicted and in June 2012 convicted on 45 counts for the abuse. Coach Joe Paterno was fired, and school president Graham B. Spanier was forced to resign by the Board of Trustees late in the evening of November 9, 2011. In response to Paterno's ouster, thousands gathered outside in State College on the night of the Trustees meeting and some caused damage to property.

Former FBI director Louis Freeh headed an independent investigation on the university's handling of the incidents and in July 2012 released his findings, which concluded that Paterno, along with Spanier, Curley and Schultz "conceal[ed] Sandusky's activities from the Board of Trustees, the University community and authorities" and "failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade." On July 23, 2012 the NCAA penalized Penn State football with a $60 million fine, a ban from bowl games and post-season play for 4 years, a reduction in scholarships from 25 to 15 per year for four years, the vacating of all wins from 1998 to 2011, and a 5-year probationary period. Following Freeh's report, former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh headed a Paterno family funded investigation that disagreed with Freeh's findings. Thornburgh's report included the help of former FBI profiler Jim Clemente, and senior lawyer Wick Sollers, but Freeh called the Thornburg report "self-serving" and stood by his report's conclusions. Sandusky maintained his innocence.

Campuses

University Park
The largest of the university's 24 campuses, University Park is almost entirely within the boundaries of State College borough, a site chosen to be near the geographic center of the state. With an undergraduate acceptance rate of 51 percent, it is the most selective campus in the Penn State system, due primarily to the fact that students select University Park as their first-choice campus at a far greater rate than the university's other undergraduate campuses. During the fall 2010 semester, 38,594 undergraduate students and 6,223 graduate students were enrolled at University Park. Of those, 45.3 percent were female and 30.6 percent were not Pennsylvania residents.

Transportation Access
The main University Park campus is centrally located at the junction of Interstate 99 and U.S. Route 322, and is due south of Interstate 80. Before the arrival of the Interstates the University was a short distance from a Lock Haven - Altoona branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The last run of long distance trains from Buffalo or Harrisburg through Lock Haven was in 1971. Today, the nearest passenger rail access is in Lewistown 31 miles to the southeast. The University Park Airport, serving four regional airlines, is near University Park.

Commonwealth Campuses
In addition to the University Park campus, 19 campus locations throughout the state offer enrollment for undergraduate students. Over 60 percent of Penn State first-year students begin their education at a location other than University Park. Each of these commonwealth campuses offer a unique set of degree programs based on the student demographics. Any student in good academic standing is guaranteed a spot at University Park to finish his or her degree if required or desired, known as "change of campus" or more accurately "the 2+2 program"; where a Penn State student may start at any Penn State campus, including University Park, for 2 years and finish at any Penn State the final 2 years.

Special-mission Campuses
The Dickinson School of Law was founded in 1834 and is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania. It merged with Penn State in 2000. Students now have the choice of studying in either Carlisle or University Park, with classes teleconferenced between the two locations using high-tech audiovisual equipment. The school is ranked among the top 100 law schools nationally. It has produced a number of governors, members of congress, and judges. A number of attorneys comprise the faculty and lead several centers and institutes devoted to specific practice areas. The school's alternative dispute resolution program is ranked among the top 10 nationally. The law school also houses the School of International Affairs.

The Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies is a special mission campus offering master's degrees, master's certification, and continuing professional education. Located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, it also offers classes at the old Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is the university's medical school and teaching hospital. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has become only the ninth hospital in the United States and 16th worldwide to implant the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart when a 60-year-old man suffering from end-stage heart failure received the device in May 2008.

Pennsylvania College of Technology, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, offers certificates as well as degrees in over 10 technical fields.

In 1998, the university launched Penn State World Campus, or Penn State Online, which offers more than 60 online education programs, degrees, and certificates. Distance education has a long history at Penn State, one of the first universities in the country to offer a correspondence course for remote farmers in 1892. Examples of online programs include an MBA, master of professional studies in homeland security, a bachelor of science in nursing, and postbaccalaureate certificates in geographic information systems and applied behavior analysis. Penn State's World Campus offers 18 graduate degrees, 21 graduate certificates, 17 undergraduate degrees, and 11 undergraduate certificates. World Campus students come from all 50 U.S. states, more than 40 countries, and six continents.

Organization and Administration
Penn State is a "state-related" university, part of Pennsylvania's Commonwealth System of Higher Education. As such, although it receives funding from the Commonwealth and is connected to the state through its board of trustees, it is otherwise independent and not subject to the state's direct control. For the 2006–2007 fiscal year, the university received 9.7 percent of its budget from state appropriations, the lowest of the four state-related institutions in Pennsylvania. Initial reports concerning the 2007–2008 fiscal year indicated that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is recommending a 1.6 percent increase in state appropriations. Penn State's appropriation request, submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education in September, requested a 6.8 percent increase in funding.

Colleges

The University Park campus is organized into fourteen distinct colleges:

College of Agricultural Sciences
College of Arts and Architecture
Smeal College of Business
College of Communications
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Health and Human Development
College of Information Sciences and Technology
College of the Liberal Arts
Eberly College of Science
Graduate School
Schreyer Honors College
College of Nursing

In addition, the university's Board of Trustees voted in January 2007 to create a School of International Affairs, with the first classes admitted in the fall 2008 semester. The school is part of the Dickinson School of Law at its University Park campus location.

Formerly the School of Nursing, on September 25, 2013, the Board of Trustees granted the nursing program college status.

Board of Trustees
The university is governed by the 32-member board of trustees. Its members include the university's president, the Governor of the Commonwealth, and the state Secretaries of Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and Education. The other members include six trustees appointed by the Governor, nine elected by alumni, and six elected by Pennsylvania agricultural societies. Six additional trustees are elected by a board representing business and industry enterprises. Undergraduate students do not elect any trustees; the court case Benner v. Oswald ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not require the undergraduate students be allowed to participate in the selection of trustees.

As of 2013, the chair of the board of trustees is Keith E. Masser, a graduate of Penn State and the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Sterman Masser, Inc.

The main responsibilities of the board are to select the president of Penn State, to determine the goals and strategic direction of the University, and to approve the annual budget. Regular meetings of the board are held bi-monthly and take place primarily on the University Park campus, although on occasion meetings are held at other locations within the Commonwealth.

Administration

The President of the University is selected by the board and is given the authority for actual control of the university, including day-to-day management. In practice, part of this responsibility is delegated by the president to other departments of the administration, to the faculty, and to the student body. Provost Rodney Erickson became President on November 9, 2011, after President Graham Spanier was fired in the aftermath of the Penn State sex abuse scandal.

The executive vice president and provost is the chief academic officer of the University. As of November 2012, the provost is Rob Pangborn and the Associate Vice President and Senior Associate Dean For Undergraduate Education is Jeremy Cohen.

Student Government
Penn State has a long history of student governance. Elected student leaders remain directly involved in the decision-making of the University administration, as provided for in the Board of Trustee's Standing Orders. Currently, there are three Student Government Associations (SGA) recognized by the University administration: the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), the Graduate Student Association (GSA), and the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG).

The University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) is the representative student government of the 39,102 undergraduate students at Penn State's University Park campus, which was established in 2006 after the former student government, Undergraduate Student Government (USG), lost its recognition by way of a student referendum. The UPUA is composed of an Assembly of Student Representatives, an Executive Board, and a Board of Arbitration. The Executive Board is the bureaucratic branch of the UPUA and is led by Student Body President Katelyn Mullen. The Assembly, which is led by Chair Anthony Panichelli, is the legislative body of UPUA and is composed of elected representatives whose constituencies range from all of the academic units of Penn State to the areas of residency. The UPUA meets every Wednesday at 8:00 pm in 302 HUB. These meetings are open to the public. Additionally, students are able to reach out to the UPUA regarding issues at the University through its "What to Fix PSU (WTFPSU)" social media campaign.

The graduate students of the University are governed by the Graduate Student Association (GSA), which is the oldest continuously existing student governance organization at Penn State. GSA "work[s] on the behalf of the students to make sure that the graduate voice is heard by all levels of the administration and faculty at Penn State and to put on events geared towards graduate students."

The 19 commonwealth campuses of the university are governed by the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG), formerly known as the Council of Branch Campus Student Governments (CBCSG).

Academics
Penn State is regionally accredited by The Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

As of September 2009, only 24 Pennsylvania colleges and universities held Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation in business and only four in accounting. The Smeal College of Business, The Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Penn State Harrisburg, and Penn State Great Valley were among the institutions accredited.

The university offers an accelerated Premedical-Medical Program in cooperation with Jefferson Medical College. Students in the program spend two or three years at the university before attending medical school at Jefferson.

Recently, a joint venture between the Eberly College of Science and the Smeal College of Business created an integrated undergraduate/graduate program to give highly motivated students the opportunity to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Science and an MBA two to five years sooner than those pursuing a traditional path. The BS/MBA Program prepares individuals to be future leaders of the world's scientific organizations and is led by Mr. Peter Tombros and Dr. James Gardner.

Demographics
As of fall 2010, the racial makeup of the Penn State system including all campuses and special-mission colleges, was 75.4 percent white, 5.5 percent black, 4.3 percent Asian, 4.4 percent Hispanic, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Native Hawaiian/Pac Island, 1.7 percent two or more races, 5.8 percent international students and 3.1 percent of an unknown race. Over the period 2000–2010, minority enrollment as a percentage of total enrollments has risen 5.3 percentage points,[68] while minorities as a percentage of total teaching positions rose 2.0 percentage points from 1997 to 2002.

Penn State has been the subject of controversy for several issues of discrimination. Following some violent attacks on African-Americans in downtown State College in 1988 and complaints that Penn State was not adequately recruiting African-American faculty and students to representative population levels, student activists occupied Old Main and demanded that Penn State do more to recruit minority students and address intolerance toward minority students on campus, as well as in the local community. After President Bryce Jordan canceled a promised meeting with students and organizations in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on April 8, 1988, 250 students and activists nonviolently occupied Penn State's Telecommunications building on campus. The following morning, 50 state troopers and 45 local and campus police, equipped with helmets, batons, and rubber gloves, entered the building as the crowd outside sang “We Shall Overcome”, arresting 89 individuals for trespassing. All charges were later dismissed.

In 1990 a vice provost for educational equity was appointed to lead a five-year strategic plan to "create an environment characterized by equal access and respected participation for all groups and individuals irrespective of cultural differences." Since then, discrimination issues include the handling of death threats in 1992 and 2001, controversy around LGBT issues, and the investigation of a 2006 sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by former Lady Lions basketball player Jennifer Harris, alleging that head coach Rene Portland dismissed her from the team in part due to her perceived sexual orientation.

Six-year graduation rates for the 2004 cohort at University Park was 85.3 percent. Graduation rates for by race among this group are 86.6 percent white, 75.0 percent black, 81.9 percent Asian, 77.4 percent Hispanic, 57.1 percent Native American and 76.1 percent international students According to a 2006 survey by USA Today, the university's flagship campus, University Park, has the highest in-state tuition rates among comparable institutions nationwide. While a task force formed in 2001 to study options for tuition projections determined that the university's operating efficiency is among the highest in postsecondary education, it found that tuition increases at Penn State still consistently outpaced increases at other Big Ten Conference institutions. Student leaders of The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) have led annual rallies to support lower rate hikes at each of the nineteen commonwealth campuses and at the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg. In 2005, the board of trustees proposed a tuition freeze at the commonwealth campus locations as part of its state appropriation request.



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