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Tips for Successful Study Abroad Programs

1. Be active in recruiting students and promoting your program

   • Talk to your classes about your program

   • Talk to colleagues about visiting their classes to talk about your program

   • Talk to related student groups and organizations

   • Send emails to students who have taken the semester-long course in the past

   • Connect with colleagues and other campuses about your program

   • Hold at least one information session

   • Participate in the Fall Study Abroad Fair

   • Email flyers to interested students and colleagues throughout the university

   • Promote scholarships to students and encourage all to apply

2. Reduce overall program costs

• Choose less expensive destinations like Central America versus Europe

• Reduce in-country costs by staying in one location and using local transportation for day trips

• Include low cost activities such as free museums, walking tours, historical sites, etc.

3. Other ways to create more viable programs

   • Choose locations where students have an interest (check with the Education Abroad Advisor for this information)

   • Choose semester-long courses that are required, have high enrollments or multiple sections, and/or have strong student interest

   • Make programs multi-campus such as the HDFS program between Altoona and Mont Alto

   • Make programs multi-divisional and/or multi-degree such as London for ENGL and HIS

   • Make study abroad program available to upper and lower division students (credit requirements will need to differ for the two levels)