Resources for Administrators
Related Links
- Providing Access Information and Resources to the mature and travelers with disabilities
- The major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions which seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives. It is also the National Center for Education Statistics.
American Institute for Foreign Study
- Organizes cultural exchange programs throughout the world for more than 50,000 students each year and arranges insurance coverage for their own participants as well as participants of other organizations
Association for International Practical Training
- Paid international internships, work, etc. available.
British Universities North America Club (BUNAC)
- BUNAC programs offer students and young people an enriching and affordable alternative to package tourism and experiencing another culture.
Council on International Educational Exchange
- Provides quality programs and services for individuals, employers, communities and educational institutions
- Links to Study Abroad, Jobs, Internships, Language Schools, Teaching,Volunteering, etc.
Institute for International Education of Students
- Offers a variety of study abroad programs
- Empowering people with disabilities around the world by ensuring their inclusion in international exchange and international development programs.
NAFSA: Association for International Educators
- Promotes all aspects of exchange of students and scholars to and from the United States. It also upholds standards of good practice and provides professional education and training that strengthen institutional programs and services related to international educational exchange.
NAFSA Section on US Students Abroad (SECUSSA)
- The focus of SECUSSA is on U.S. students abroad and developing workshops and sessions for national and regional NAFSA Conferences, assessing the need for publications that will assist SECUSSANs in their work and coordinating with NAFSA to facilitate such publications, maintaining SECUSS-L: an electronic means of information sharing , working with colleagues in NAFSA and other professional organizations to ensure that issues facing SECUSSAns are addressed in the broadest manner possible, coordinating programs that will assist in the professional development of SECUSSAns.
NAFSA/SECUSSA Committee on Underrepresentation in Education Abroad
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The committee aims to provide a forum that addresses ways to identify the needs of diverse constituencies and groups that continue to be left out of participation in international education. The site includes a newsletter, sign-up information for listserv, and a related links page. It also hosts David Comp's Bibliography on Underrepresented Students/Groups Studying Abroad.
- Offers volunteer programs for Americans to developing countries. No teaching experience required for the teaching positions
- Programs focused around personal exchanges and individual, firsthand experiences of other cultures for teachers and students.
- New directory for international education, grad programs, internship, work abroad, volunteer, ESL, etc.
- Develops and disseminates resources to support study abroad program development and implementation, emphasizing issues of health and safety.
- The focus of SECUSSA is on U.S. students abroad and developing workshops and sessions for national and regional NAFSA Conferences, assessing the need for publications that will assist SECUSSANs in their work and coordinating with NAFSA to facilitate such publications, maintaining SECUSS-L: an electronic means of information sharing , working with colleagues in NAFSA and other professional organizations to ensure that issues facing SECUSSAns are addressed in the broadest manner possible, coordinating programs that will assist in the professional development of SECUSSAns
- Spend a memorable semester circling the globe on the only “floating campus” in the world.
- Student travel agency - airfairs, ISIC, travel gear, etc. available.
- Comprehensive search engine for Study Abroad programs
- The mission of the Forum is to promote the greater good of the field of education abroad, without fear or favor of any one group or particular constituent. The Forum provides services and outcomes that are currently not being met by any other existing organization.
University of Michigan International Center's Overseas Opportunities Office
- Extensive information on study, work, and travel abroad with many links to other websites
University of Minnesota's International Study and Travel Center
- Extensive links to other Work Abroad Web Sites
- Site sponsored by the National Security Education Program, a U.S. government program dedicated to advancing global education for American college and graduate students. Includes information about the David L. Boren Scholarship, with profiles of students whose experiences abroad have significantly impacted their professional lives. Feature articles cover preparing academically, financially, and getting parents on board.
