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Risk and Responsibility in Education Abroad Programs and Institutional Policies

Analyzing the risk and responsibility factors in education abroad programs, focusing on institutional policies in Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries. Discusses various types of programs and policies in selected universities in the UK, USA, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the Anglophone Caribbean. Explores the trends, models, and approaches to education abroad, emphasizing risk-reducing and responsibility-accepting policies.

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Risk and Responsibility in Education Abroad Programs and Institutional Policies

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  1. RISK AND RESPONSIBILITYforEDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAMMES INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES Lilieth H. Nelson, The UWI

  2. INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES • Institutions - Commonwealth Countries - Non-Commonwealth Countries • Policies - Inward Model - Outward Model

  3. Categories of Education Abroad Programmes • Tailor-made collaborative programmes for groups • Individualized Guided Study Programmes • Intersession Programmes, Intensive • Facilitated Programmes • Student Exchanges • Staff Exchanges

  4. Some Non-Commonwealth Countries • United States of America • Europe • Japan

  5. The United States of America

  6. The United States of America • USA – Over 3600 universities and colleges offer education abroad programmes. If divided into 6 geographical regions: • 12 States in the West, including Hawaii (652) • 13 States in the Mid-West (971) • 4 States in the South-West (302) • 10 States in the South (782) • 6 States in the Mid-Atlantic (622) • 6 New England States (229) • Puerto Rico (46)

  7. SELECTED UNIVERSITIES • Those with longest history of study (education) abroad are in the West and New England States • Policies are predominantly within the Outward Model framework • Programmes have a long history of being Euro-Centric (across the Atlantic Ocean) • Trend among those institutions in the west to send students across the Pacific Ocean

  8. POLICIES OF SELECTED USA UNIVERSITIES • UNC Chapel Hill • University of California • Some of the 40 institutions with which the UWI has been involved wrt education abroad programmes • Groups • Exchanges • “Specially admitted”

  9. Europe • University of Norway

  10. Japan • Example of institutions which adopt a mix of inward and outward models • For example: • USA to Japan – • Japan to USA -

  11. Some Commonwealth Countries • The United Kingdom • Canada • Australia • Anglophone Caribbean

  12. THE UNITED KINGDOM • Policies are predominantly within the Inward Policy framework • ‘Sending’ institutions from Europe, The Americas, Asia, Australia, Africa

  13. Selected Universities in UK • Cambridge University • University of London • Edinburgh University • Warwick University • University of Bath • University of Wales

  14. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITYA Case Study • Policies articulated in printed documents: • Faculty Guide • Student Guide • Security

  15. AUSTRALIA • Strong emphasis on inward policies • Heavy investment in marketing and recruitment • Visible participation in Study (Education) Abroad Fairs • University of New South Wales • University of Wollongong

  16. CANADA • Policies typical of institutions in Commonwealth countries • Inward model rather than outward • Changing trend among CUSAC member institutions • University of Toronto • York University • Queen’s

  17. ANGLOPHONE CARIBBEAN • University of Technology • The University of the West Indies

  18. Policies of the UWI • Predominantly Inward Model (typical of Commonwealth) • Policies related to Outward model • Traditionally students went for language immersion, electives in medical sciences • Within last 15 years trend towards exchanges (limited numbers) • Policies related to Inward model • Trend towards exchanges, collaborative programmes for groups and practicums • Risk-reducing policies • Responsibility-accepting policies

  19. Policies of the UWI continued • Centralization vs Decentralizstion • Academic Offerings/Non-academic • For credit/Not for credit • Policies related to Credit Transfer • Pre-requisites • Numbers • Duration • Registration

  20. UWI Policies Contd. • Fees • Distribution of Income • Accommodation • Security/Safety • Students with Physical Challenges • Country Requirement

  21. Conclusions & Recommendations • The Policy Statement in ‘black and white’ Education Abroad Programmes: A Policy Statement, with guidelines for establishing: • Memorandum of Understanding • Cooperative Agreements governing the range of categories of education abroad agreements • Includes defining areas of responsibility • The ‘grey’ areas

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