Are you a campus leader or change agent in the field of international education?
Join CIEE and Diversity Abroad for the first-ever Diversity Abroad Future Leaders Summit.
The Challenge:
Studying abroad is one of the best ways for students to experience personal, academic, and professional growth. Yet the number of students taking part in study abroad from diverse racial/ethnic and economic backgrounds and underrepresented academic majors continues to be low. Whether due to financial concerns or the belief that programs that meet rigorous academic requirements don’t exist, many students pass up the chance to gain life skills, learn a second language, and develop maturity and independence in another country and culture.
The question remains: How do we attract a wide and diverse range of students to study abroad?
The Solution:
You'll explore this question during the Diversity Abroad Future Leaders Summit. Each interactive one-day workshop—part of a series of three to be held annually—is aimed at stimulating new ideas for overcoming one of the three leading barriers to study abroad: curriculum, culture, and cost. Together with other leaders in the field of international education, you’ll take part in lectures, breakout sessions, and examinations of successful case studies designed to promote networking and collaboration to inspire new ideas to address current study abroad challenges.
Your goal: to develop actionable solutions to increase access to study abroad by all students, regardless of background or academic major.
Date and Locations*
Twenty (20) leaders in study abroad will be chosen to attend each one-day Diversity Abroad Future Leaders Summit:*
- Wednesday, November 20, 2013: Minneapolis, MN (prior to the CIEE Annual Conference)
Workshop Theme: Curriculum
- Sunday, March 3, 2014: San Diego, CA (prior to the Diversity Abroad Conference)
Workshop Theme: Culture
- Summer, 2014: CIEE Member and/or Diversity Abroad Network Partner Institution - TBA
Workshop Theme: Cost
*Participation is limited to one session.
If you have any questions regarding this program or the nomination process, please contact Emily Marczak at 207.553.4261 or emarczak@ciee.org.
Funding
Each workshop is fully funded by CIEE and Diversity Abroad to ensure all schools, regardless of available resources for training and development, have the opportunity to nominate candidates.
Participants will be reimbursed for round-trip travel to the Summit location, one night’s accommodation (two nights for the summer 2014 workshop), and meals during the workshop’s duration.
Deadlines
- Minneapolis, MN: OCTOBER 8, 2013
- San Diego, CA: JANUARY 21, 2014 (open for applications soon)
- Location TBD: APRIL 16, 2014 (open for applications soon)
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