Forage Center Announces 2018 Coastal Hope Graduate Simulation on Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Practices, Fellsmere, FL, USA, 3/15 to 3/18/18: Registration closes 2/2/18

If you are a graduate student and interested in building  your capacity for working in crises where humanitarian and peacebuilding responses are needed, consider attending the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education’s annual Coastal Hope (previously know as Atlantic Promise) program in Fellsmere, FL, USA March 15-18, 2018.  The fee is $625 for enrolledContinueContinue reading “Forage Center Announces 2018 Coastal Hope Graduate Simulation on Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Practices, Fellsmere, FL, USA, 3/15 to 3/18/18: Registration closes 2/2/18”

44th Annual Conference Roundtable, East Coast Colleges Social Science Association, Herndon, VA, 4/6 & 4/7/17

If you are a social science educator and looking for an intimate conference setting, consider the upcoming East Coast Colleges Social Science Association (ECCSSA) meeting taking place April 6 and April 7, 2017 in Herndon, VA.  The conference is ECCSSA’s 44th gathering.  Formerly, a group that represented community colleges, in recent years the organization hasContinueContinue reading “44th Annual Conference Roundtable, East Coast Colleges Social Science Association, Herndon, VA, 4/6 & 4/7/17”

IIE Study Shows That Studying Aboard Has a Direct Impact on Skills Needed for Career Success

I have long argued the benefits of study abroad for college students.  Looking back, I wish I had engaged in time overseas to study.   When I was in college, I remember few of my fellow students going overseas.   That may be surprising considering I went to American University in DC: a university that was inContinueContinue reading “IIE Study Shows That Studying Aboard Has a Direct Impact on Skills Needed for Career Success”