With the global financial crisis bearing down, study-abroad officials are considering changes in both their immediate and long-term strategies for sending students overseas. They are budgeting more conservatively, seeking out cheaper destinations, and weighing collaborations with other colleges or private study-abroad providers.
At the same time, international educators need to remind campus leaders about the valueâ??in today’s economy more than everâ??of gaining a global perspective, said speakers at the annual conference of the Forum on Education Abroad, which ended here on Friday.