(or Outside Program or Nonaffiliated Program) – A program that is not recognized by a student’s home institution as belonging to any special category such as affiliated or institutionally administered. There is no connection to, or oversight by, the home institution, which may have implications for the applicability of financial aid, acceptance or type of credit, or the amount of support participating students receive from the home institution.
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Opening Plenary Speaker Announced for The Forum’s 2023 Annual Conference in Seattle
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Anu Taranath, author of the award-winning book, Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World, will be our opening plenary speaker at…

Forum on Education Abroad Announces First 22 Community College Participants of the CIBER Consortium for Education Abroad Program
The Forum on Education Abroad is excited to share that 22 community colleges have been accepted into the CIBER Consortium for Education Abroad (CC/FEA) program for community colleges. This fully…

My Week as Co-Leader of the Future Nobel Laureates Scholarship Program
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