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December 2004

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Crises Abroad: Plan Ahead to Improve the Odds
Two young women go looking for fun in Bali -- and disappear. Terrorists attack a train station in Madrid, with students nearby. A young woman is raped while visiting Mayan ruins in Belize. A student has a psychotic break an ocean away from home. Another student is arrested for disorderly conduct. The outbreak of the Iraq War catches American students in the Middle East.

Schools Look to SEVIS Refund to Boost International Enrollment
The University of Texas-Austin is among the two-thirds of U.S. colleges and universities that say they’ve seen a decrease in new international graduate student enrollments for the third straight year.

Resources for Health and Safety Abroad

Drop in International Graduate Enrollment not as Bad as Feared
A new Council of Graduate Schools survey finds that the number of new international students enrolling in U.S. colleges and universities has declined 6 percent from last year. Although this is the third straight year in which the CGS has reported a decline, it is not as steep as was feared based on earlier survey data.

Big Ideas, Small Schools: Study Abroad Innovations at Liberal Arts Schools
It’s recognized that small liberal arts colleges offer a high degree of intellectual freedom. Some of these schools are applying that freedom to the traditional format of the study abroad program.

In the News
Option Allows Payment of SEVIS I-901 Fee Through Western Union; Study in Australia No Longer a Cheaper Alternative; Study Abroad Scholarships Offered for Efforts in Teaching Spanish; Streamlined Security Advisory Opinion Should Help Visa Processing Times; Taiwanese University Recruits in America; Rate of Visa Refusals Way Up in UK

Resources
Beyond Borders: Profiles in International Education; Free Tools to Explain SEVIS Fee System to Campus Constituencies; International Exchange Locator; Funding U.S. Studies: Graduate and Postgraduate Opportunities for Latin Americans 2nd Edition; Financial Resources for International Study

Study Abroad Incorporates Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The International Honors Program, (IHP) which is affiliated with Boston University, is a community-based, comparative study program that gives students the opportunity to explore themes related to sociopolitical issues in several countries for a semester or a year. An important component of this initiative is undergraduate research.