July 5, 2002

Colleges Need Better Ways to Assess Study-Abroad Programs

By JOAN GILLESPIE

In the wake of September 11, those of us who help students study abroad have been caught up in questions about the safety of our students and the long-term impact of terrorist attacks on our programs around the world. In fact, according to unofficial surveys, more than 100,000 American undergraduates studied abroad this year without incident, and few came home right after September 11. However, we still need to address another question that a number of programs and organizations had begun to

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