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Case Studies--School D

School D is a public Doctoral Research University Extensive with over 16,000 undergraduate students enrolled. The institution has13 colleges and schools, which offers 169 bachelor's, master, doctoral and professional degree programs. The undergraduate student population breaks down to about 63% in state and 37% out of state. The international undergraduate student breakdown is about 2.1%. The ethnic breakdown of degree seeking full-time undergraduates in 2001-02 is as follows:

At this institution, international education is specifically referred to in the institution’s mission statement which states “While pursuing an undergraduate degree at School D, students will prepare to serve as leaders and responsible citizens, respectful of the environment and conscious of their impact on the local and global community”. The institution’s homepage does not have a direct link to its international programs and events webpage.

IIn 2001-02, this institution had 3 African American female, 8 white/non-Hispanic male, 28 white/non-Hispanic female, 2 other female, and 1 other male foreign languages and literatures bachelor degree recipients.

The marketing and promotion strategies used at this institution consist of brochures, fairs, flyers, mailings, emails, presentations, university programming, student group participation, high school visits, and more in conjunction with specific tactics of utilizing external websites and elementary school visits to market and publicize international activities. In regards to student group participation, the institution has an agreement with the Honors program to have peer advising sessions with students who would like to go abroad.

The institution has three international operating units. The first is the Office of International Programs, reporting directly to the Provost, deals primarily with Study Abroad. Next, is the International Education Program which primarily focuses on teaching English as a second language. Lastly, the Office of International Students that has a primary focus of concentrating on the needs and concerns of the international student population. The Study Abroad program received $60,000 in scholarship funding during the 2001-02 academic year. The Study Abroad office has 1 male and 1 female white/non-Hispanic advisor. The participation in study abroad programs for credit over the past five years is as follows: