Study Abroad & Academic Advisers

Working Together Toward 60%

Overview

• Global Initiatives • What exactly is study abroad? What are the different study abroad program types?

• Who is involved at Miami?

• Why should students study abroad? The Global Miami Plan.

• Our roles and the role of academic advisers.

Global Initiatives

• Campus center which supports and encourages the Miami commitment to dynamic and comprehensive internationalization resulting in a diverse and global learning environment for our students • Administrative unit which houses international and continuing education offices • FSB International Programs office helps to support this mission within the Farmer School of Business, and works closely with GI

Context

• Approx. 48% of Miami students study abroad or away • Goal of 60% participation rate • Global Initiatives • Your students ’ contexts?

What is Study Abroad?

• An academic, credit-bearing international experience • Vary in length, credit hours, benefits • Types of programs: • MUDEC • Faculty-led • Exchange, co-sponsored, and approved

MU Dolibois European Center

• • • • • • Miami ’s campus in Differdange, Luxembourg 80% European-based faculty; 20% Ohio-based faculty Miami credit; course list available Semester, summer, and year-long options All federal and Miami financial aid applies Students largely use to fulfill Miami plan credits

Faculty-Led Programs

• • • • • • International and domestic Miami faculty; Miami credit Offerings can vary year to year, but generally stay consistent Primarily summer winter programs running 2-8 weeks All federal and Miami financial aid applies Use depends on workshop – some are major specific, and some are used to fulfill Global Miami Plan requirements

Third Party and Direct Enrollments

• Students travel as individuals rather than in a MU group • Transfer credits; major courses or electives • Greater variety in courses and locations • • • Exchange: students pay Miami tuition and fees and exchange places with students at partner schools. All federal and most Miami aid applies. Co-sponsored: students directly enroll via a host provider, paying host program rates. All federal and Miami aid applies.

Approved: students directly enroll via a host provider, paying host program rates. Federal aid applies; Miami aid does not.

Study Abroad

and the

Global Miami Plan

• Global Perspectives (6 to 9 hours) • Study Abroad (any 6 hours fulfills requirement), or • G-Courses (9 hours), or • G-Clusters (9 hours) • Developing ‘well-rounded’ students • Discipline exploration; cross-cultural perspectives to major coursework • Building a Global University • Shared Futures

Petition Process

• • • • Global Perspectives • Study Abroad less than 6 hours?

• Case-by-case; looks for depth of experience Self-designed thematic sequences / capstones • Proposal sent to Liberal Education Double-dipping?

Reporting transfer credit

Our Role

• • • • • • Study Abroad 101 info sessions Online videos and resources Financial aid information, scholarships One-on-one advising • Develop goals for experience • Help students identify potential programs StudioAbroad ( studyabroad.MiamiOH.edu

) Study Abroad Week ‘ 13: Sept 30-Oct 4

studyabroad.MiamiOH.edu

• Online study abroad resource for study abroad/away related information • Program directory with interactive search function • Search by location, discipline, term, program type or combination

Getting to 60%

• Increasing our online resources to facilitate student and adviser access • Emphasis on follow through with students who express interest • Diversifying programming to fit student needs

Where You Come In

• Encourage students to study abroad; send them our way or let us know when they express interest – we will follow up • Encourage early planning – we can generally make it work for each student, but more planning and academic flexibility make it easier • Identify best times / courses to study abroad • Transfer credit approval forms • Help us identify student needs that aren’t being met • Ask us questions

Questions

• Global Initiatives – Cheryl Young [email protected]

• MUDEC – Alyssa Klein [email protected]

• Faculty-led, Winter Term and non-Miami programs– Erin Brandyberry [email protected]

• Exchanges and Scholarships–Karla Guinigundo [email protected]

• FSB programs – Kim Suellau [email protected]

• Liberal Education – John Tassoni [email protected]