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Update on Funding for Title VI International Education and Foreign Language Programs

10/6/2026

Dear Members,

In late September, the Trump administration transmitted a rescission package that includes a proposal to withhold nearly $69.6 million in FY 2026 funding appropriated by the U.S. Congress for Higher Education Act Title VI international education and foreign language programs. If allowed to proceed, this action would effectively eliminate funding that Congress approved to strengthen the United States’ capacity in critical languages, area studies, global research, workforce development, and international engagement.

The Forum on Education Abroad Announces First Recipients of Community College Access Scholarship

8/24/2026

The Forum on Education Abroad is pleased to announce the first recipients of the Community College Access Scholarship (CCAS), a new initiative designed to expand access to education abroad opportunities for community college students with financial need.

Supported by a $50,000 commitment from the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), the scholarship helps reduce financial barriers that often prevent students from participating in transformative international experiences.

RAISE-Frontiers Residency Unites Scholars to Rethink Standards, Method, and Theory in Education Abroad

8/20/2026

RAISE-Frontiers Residency Brings International Cohort Together for Three Days of Intensive Dialogue

A cohort of education abroad researchers from across the globe gathered in Cambridge, UK, last month for the first annual RAISE-Frontiers Education Abroad Research Residency, a working retreat dedicated to strengthening reporting standards, methodology, and theory across the field and uniting scholars who approach education abroad research from a range of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives. The residency is part of the sponsoring partnership announced last year between Forum on Education Abroad-published Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad and the Center for Research on Abroad and International Student Engagement (RAISE) at Wake Forest University.

Beyond Polarization Residency Highlights Strategies for Building Understanding Across Difference

8/5/2026

Fifty education abroad professionals from across the globe gathered in Prague from July 7-10, 2026, for the Beyond Polarization Residency: Transforming Conflict into Collaboration.

Led by The Forum on Education Abroad in partnership with the Middlebury College Conflict Transformation Collaborative and hosted by AEP: Academic Experience in Prague, Czech Republic, the residency brought together professionals from universities, education abroad organizations, and related fields to explore how conflict transformation can strengthen education abroad practice.

The Forum Issues Comment on Proposed Rescission of International Education Programs Regulations

7/31/2026

The Forum on Education Abroad submitted the following formal comment expressing concerns about the Department of Education’s proposed rollback of rules governing Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs.

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Update on Funding for Title VI International Education and Foreign Language Programs

The Forum on Education Abroad Announces First Recipients of Community College Access Scholarship

RAISE-Frontiers Residency Unites Scholars to Rethink Standards, Method, and Theory in Education Abroad

Beyond Polarization Residency Highlights Strategies for Building Understanding Across Difference

The Forum Issues Comment on Proposed Rescission of International Education Programs Regulations