Diversity Abroad is committed to being at the forefront of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the international education and cultural exchange field by conducting & distributing national-level surveys, collaborative reports, and other research-based thought leadership to better understand the experiences of the students and professionals involved in these endeavors. In doing so, Diversity Abroad will be able to provide education professionals, policy makers and other stakeholders with the knowledge and resources to actively promote the inclusion and success of underserved students in global education.
An Inclusive Approach to Risk Assessment: Practices, Strategies, and Reflections
Publication Date: August 2022
There are many complex factors that go into risk assessment in education abroad, but there is still more work to be done to ensure that it is more inclusive. This publication offers a set of ideas and guidelines to include DEI when addressing student's health and safety.
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Supporting and Engaging International Students in the Classroom: A Brief Resource for Faculty
Publication Date: July 2022
The aim of this critical publication is to provide faculty with increased awareness and some easy-to-use ideas and actions to better understand, support and engage international students in the classroom.
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Collaboration to Advance Inclusive International Student Support
Publication Date: July 2022
This report is timely in that it provides the beginnings of an action plan to support the rhetoric associated with both diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and internationalization that is commonplace on so many campuses. More importantly, it offers a critical and useful template for how to engage in similar discourse across the Academy.
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Highlight of Best Practices for Global Engagement at Home
Publication Date: June 2022
During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic many innovative programs and techniques were cultivated to encourage global engagement at “home”. This guide highlights best practices for engaging students globally without having to cross country borders.
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Considering Religion Abroad: A Quick Guide for Advisors
Publication Date: May 2022
A helpful quick guide for advisors which includes some questions to engage with your students at various stages of their study abroad journey, online resources to use, and tips on how to help students overcome religion-centric health and safety challenges while overseas.
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Inclusive Marketing: Creating, Collaborating, and Innovating for the Future
Publication Date: May 2022
This new resource guide is intended to help in the development, promotion, and management of marketing campaigns. For those of you looking to amp up your social media efforts, there is a very handy Social Media 101 guide. It also includes several tips and practical recommendations when marketing for students with disabilities.
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An In-Depth Look at Supporting Asian American Students' Education Abroad
Publication Date: May 2022
This guide explores the pre-departure, in-country, and marketing support that Asian American students from differing identities received and provides several key recommendations that international education staff can do to support their students.
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Collaboration to Advance Racial Equity in Education Abroad White Paper
This publication seeks to capture opportunities for international education leaders to collaborate with their counterparts in diversity, equity, and inclusion units to advance racial equity through education abroad and leverage this high-impact practice to advance student persistence, academic achievement, and post- degree success. While this publication focuses on collaboration between the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) and the Senior International Officer (SIO) roles, the principles highlighted herein are applicable to other professionals who work in the international education and diversity and inclusion spaces or who support programming from these units.
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2020 Snapshot Survey: Student Study Abroad Experiences During COVID-19
As part of Diversity Abroad’s efforts to support student success through global education, we developed the Snapshot Survey: Student Study Abroad Experiences During COVID-19. The goal of this survey is to better understand the experiences of students from various backgrounds who were enrolled at a U.S. higher education institution and who were abroad—or planning to go abroad—during spring 2020 and how COVID-19 will affect students’ and their family’s interest in education abroad in the future. We hope that the findings will further inform the field of global education on how to support students before, during, and after a crisis.
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Collaborative Leadership: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Comprehensive Internationalization in Higher Education
This publication addresses the unique opportunities that Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) and Senior International Officers (SIOs) have to develop partnerships to achieve success in tackling the challenges and opportunities around campus internationalization, diversity, equity and inclusion. The key feature of this publication are the in-depth guidelines to be considered for embedding diversity, equity, and inclusive good practices and policies into campus internationalization. Read more about these strategic initiatives in the full report, linked below.
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