May 15, 2009

Swine-Flu Scare Offers Lessons for Study-Abroad Programs

By Karin Fischer

Reports of swine flu have led some colleges to pull students and faculty members out of Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, and to cancel study-abroad programs there. But even as the number of new cases appears to be falling, the health scare offers some lasting lessons for colleges, says Gary Rhodes, director of the Center for Global Education at Loyola Marymount University.

Just as they learned from the London subway bombing, earthquakes in China, and other incidents, colleges

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