|
|
Challenging Assumptions: Evaluating Study Abroad's Past, Fashioning Its Future
November 14-17, 2007
This year will be the sixtieth that CIEE has worked to develop and promote international education. Milestones like this prompt us to reflect on where we've been, think about where we're going, and question whether we are on the right path. With the discussions at our annual conferences and the Our View series of publications we produce, CIEE has established a reputation for challenging sacred truths in study abroad.
Our 2007 conference is an opportunity to launch a dialogue that grapples with controversial issues such as globalization, diversity and inclusion, and student learning. What should study abroad mean? And what should it mean ten, twenty, sixty years into the future? We'll consider the impact of study abroad on both students and host communities, evaluate training for both students’ pre-departure and professionals in the field, and discuss barriers to international education such as terrorism, pandemics, and risk management. We'll ask questions like whether or not increasing enrollments is a universally positive outcome. And together, we will take steps toward designing a better study abroad experience for all involved with each passing year.
Please join us in Toronto, a city whose edgy art scene and diverse and booming immigrant population ask travelers to shelve their assumptions about what Canada is—and who Canadians are—at the border. Prepare to discuss international education issues such as:
- Cultural Competencies or Travel Junkies: What Skills are Students Learning Abroad?
- Intentional Consequences and Connecting Pre-Departure Advising, Orientation, and Student Learning
- Is More Better? Increasing Study Abroad Enrollments
- The Fine Line Between Academic Exploration and Voyeurism
- Professional Training: Management Challenges and Preparing Future Education Abroad Leaders
- Creative Solutions to Enduring Problems: Terrorism, Pandemics, Risky Behavior
- Are We Leading Technology or is Technology Leading Us?
- Value and Values: Do We Need More Programs in Traditional Locations? Are Non-Traditional Locations Ready for Students?
- Borders, Neighbors, Culture, Education and Transnational Organizations: What Does Globalization Mean in 2007?
- Critical Issues in the Year 2067
Register for the CIEE Annual Conference online or download the registration brochure here.
|