6 U.S. Colleges Named to Build Study-Abroad Programs With Indonesia

Six American colleges have been selected as part of a pilot project to send their students to study in Indonesia and to better prepare institutions in that country to serve as hosts. As part of the U.S. Indonesia Partnership Program for Study Abroad Capacity, the American institutions — Chatham, Lehigh, and Texas A&M Universities, Miami Dade College, and the Universities of Michigan and of Washington — will each receive $15,000 to work with Indonesian counterparts to create new programs over the next two years that can serve as models for future student exchanges. The project is part of a broader effort to build closer academic ties between the two countries.