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Drafting white paper to address collaborative strategies to increase study abroad and international student recruitment efforts.

Actively sharing strategies and concerns related to international students, and to safety in study abroad programs

Supportive of efforts to promote the teaching of Less Commonly Taught Languages

Events, Programs, Projects

Strategic Areas of Focus for CIC International Activity

CIC SIOs co-sponsored with the World Universities Network (WUN): a conference entitled "Realising the global university - Developing effective international strategies in a rapidly changing world" in London, UK on November 15, 2007. http://www.globalhe.org/

"Promoting International Student Access: External Challenges and Internal Barriers " was held at the Ohio State University on December 15 - 16, 2005. The conference was sponsored by the CIC Senior International Officers (SIOs) and the CIC Directors of International Students and Scholar Offices.

White Paper from international student recruitment conference held at Indiana University on April 21-22, 2005: In America's Interest: Welcoming International Students, The Role of Higher Education

Final Report from Study Abroad Conference 2004

Study Abroad Conference 2004

Study Abroad Directors Progress Report - June 30, 2003

Alliances for Expanded Study in Overseas Programs (AESOP)

CIC Study Abroad Programs

Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP)
FLEP, a program of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans, provides access to specialized language offerings.

Links to CIC institutions global studies pages

Meeting Notes

May 28, 2007

February 21, 2007

December 10, 2006

December 14, 2005

December 2, 2004

April 26, 2004 - Conference Call (Draft)

January 14, 2004

October 7, 2003

August 25, 2003 - Conference Call

April 3, 2003

October 13, 2002

April 8, 2002

October 21, 2001

April 25, 2001

March 27, 2001 Conference Call

Successes
IIE Open Doors Survey results 2004-2005
CIC Students studying abroad:  17,413
Countries visited: 109
US IIE Open Doors Total: 205,983
CIC national %: 7.57
4 CIC campuses in top 10

CIC international students: 42,789
US IIE Open Doors Total: 564,766
CIC national %: 8.45
4 campuses in top 10

US Department of Education Funding
CIC % of FY2006-2009 National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and Areas Studies Fellowship Program (FLAS) Awards

CIC universities hold:
30% of the total awards (39 of the 130 national awards)
54% of the international awards (6 of the 11)
36% of the Western Europe awards (4 0f 11)
36% of the Africa awards (4 of 11)
35% of the Russia and East Europe (6 of 17)

Alliances for Expanded Studies in Overseas Programs (AESOP)
189 students from 11 CIC universities took advantage of the expanded opportunities to study abroad through AESOP in 2005-2006. Also, 98 students from 12 CIC universities participated in five CIC Study Abroad programs to Quebec, Guanajuato and the Dominican Republic during the 2005-2006 academic year.

170 students from 9 CIC universities took advantage of the expanded opportunities to study abroad through AESOP in 2004-2005. Also, 104 students from 12 CIC universities participated in five CIC Study Abroad programs to Quebec, Guanajuato and the Dominican Republic during the 2004-2005 academic year.