In early November 2018, the Arcadia London Center sponsored a one-day symposium entitled, Marx and the City, inviting Marx scholars from the wider UK academic community to present papers representing their scholarly interests. This was the first academic… More
Congratulations to Jared Belsky (Hamilton College) for winning The Forum on Education Abroad’s 2018 Academic Achievement Award. Jared studied abroad with us on the Umbra Institute summer program during the Summer 2017 semester. Jared was awarded this… More
A note from David Rudd, Director, Strategic Planning and Research, The College of Global Studies. Yesterday morning, I was heartened to discover a large family of robins hopping about the yard digging for worms, seeds, or whatever else robins so yearn… More
The 3rd annual Guild meeting hosted by The College of Global Studies, Arcadia University, took place on Arcadia’s campus from June 19-20, 2017. Thirty-five institutions took part, and included Faculty, Directors of International Programs, Coaches, Deans… More
The College of Global Studies will have several staff members at the NAFSA Conference this year in Los Angeles from May 28th to June 2nd. On Tuesday May 30th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Melissa Chambers, Associate Director, will be participating in an Authors… More
What role should we as education abroad professionals play in designing faculty-led programs? As The College continues to increase the number of faculty-led programs we develop with our US partners through our custom programs team, this is a question… More
The College wrapped up successful participation in the Forum on Education Abroad Conference in late March. With Staff Alison LaLond-Wyant, Jacki Daddona, Jane Gunn-Lewis and Lorna Stern all presenting in sessions, The College was well represented on topics… More
The College of Global Studies at Arcadia University will have a significant presence at the Forum Conference in March 2017. Presenters include: Alison LaLond Wyant Ed.D on “Follow Students’ Lead or Show Students the Way? Argument for the Ages” Jacki… More
BY JOhn Wells, Director, Strategic Development Many of us are aware of the data around study abroad and GPAs. Troboff, Cressey and Monty’s work showed that grades while abroad were closely correlated to grades while at home. Sutton and Rubin in their… More