About the module

Major changes in the higher education landscape are rumbling under the surface of education abroad today. We must learn to read the trends and actively reshape our programs to succeed in this world of change. To keep pace and maintain relevance and vibrancy in international education overall, the field of education abroad needs imaginative, strong leaders and administrators to shape its future. All who work to develop, support and oversee education abroad must understand these currents of change and prepare to meet the challenge, finding the best ways to harness their talents and resources, strategies and operations.

This module, Reshaping Education Abroad, is designed to advance the professional development of both senior and line officials who are directly – or tangentially – responsible for building and sustaining education abroad programs and services. This is a unique opportunity to step back, survey the landscape of higher education, and learn how to adapt education abroad to succeed in the future. After critiquing current approaches and questioning our assumptions about education abroad, we will identify and analyze the key trends that will impact and change the field. We will discuss and outline approaches, strategies, models, resources, and practices that will be needed in order for education abroad to remain a high value part of higher education offerings. Participants will work together in small groups and individually to create a vision and plan for a robust education abroad program of the future. The program design will include the program rationale and strategy, type of participants, structural model, goals, student learning outcomes, curriculum and activities, etc. Each participant will give a brief presentation of their program outlines in the final session.

Successful participants will receive a Credly Acclaim digital badge acknowledging their completion of this professional development expert module from the International Education Management & Leadership Program at the University at Albany (SUNY).