Michael Steinberg, IES Abroad, Chair

William Anthony, Northwestern  University

Heather Barclay Hamir, University of Texas

Kendall Brostuen, Brown University

Joy Carew, U. of Louisville

James Citron, Dartmouth College

Michael Clarke, Southern Methodist University

Andrea Custodi, Alliance for Global        Education

Jessica Du Plaga, College of Wooster

Irene Gawel, Globalinks

Dennis Gordon, Santa Clara U.

Martha Johnson, University of Minnesota

Gonzalo Mendieta, U. of S.F. de Quito

Michael Morrison, Baylor University

Teresa O’Donnell, CEA

Monica Perez Bedmar, APUNE

Rosalind Raby, CCIE

Sandi Smith, GLS

Trish Tindall, U. of Wollongong

Anders Uhrskov, DIS

Michael Woolf, FIE

Annagene Yucas, University of Pittsburgh

• History
• Standards
  • The Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad, 2008
• QUIP
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• Pilot Project
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In January 2006, the Forum began testing the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad, in a Pilot Project with a group of volunteer institutional participants – domestic and overseas providers, domestic and overseas universities and colleges, community colleges and consortia. These program and operational reviews for pilot project will determine how best to implement the Standards of Good Practice, which has been the subject of long study  by the Forum Board of Directors of how best provide to services related to the Standards  to members and the field, and what shape those services should take.

This structured field testing is a test of both the process for program review and evaluation and a test of the various instruments to be used in the review. It involves a rigorous self-study and report, site review and report by Peer Reviewers, response to the report, and final determination issued by the Forum Review Panel, an objective third body.

Institutions and organizations participating in the Pilot Project include:

• Dickinson College
• Foundation for International Education
• Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)
• IFSA - Butler University
• Pennsylvania State University
• St. Norbert College
• School for International Training
• SUNY, New Paltz
• Syracuse University
• Universidad Regiomontana
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Limerick
• University of Texas, Austin
• University of Wollongong
• Villanova University
• Members of CCIE (California Colleges for International Education)

From November 29 to December 1, 2006, participants in the Pilot Project met at the Forum offices in Carlisle, PA for a “Standards Summit” to discuss the lessons learned and suggest improvements to the self-study and peer review processes.

Results of the Pilot and lessons learned were presented at the Forum Conference in Austin, Texas, March 2007. They are fully described in the Final Report of the Pilot Project.