Update on CIEE’s Leading Change in Study Abroad Grant Recipients
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Leaders from the four universities who were awarded CIEE’s Leading Change in Study Abroad Grants gathered in Rome at a workshop held before the 77th Annual CIEE Study Abroad Conference to share concrete ideas for leveraging international education to impact key institutional metrics such as enrollment, retention, graduation rates, employability, and economic mobility.
In May 2024, after a competitive proposal process, Arizona State University, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Northeastern University, and UC San Diego were each selected to receive $1 million over four years to establish new study abroad programs that advance institutional goals while improving student outcomes. Each of the four winners pledged to match CIEE’s $1 million grant resulting in a total of $8 million in funding over four years for students to study abroad in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe.
In the video below, Amy Stevens, Vice Chancellor, Global Experiential Programs, Northeastern University; Anthony E. Munroe, President, Borough of Manhattan Community College; Courtney Giordano, Senior Director, Strategic Global Initiatives, University of California – San Diego; and Jennifer Malerich,
Assistant Vice Provost, Academic & Global Engagement, Arizona State University, shared more details about the projects that will be supported by the grant and offered coaching to other schools seeking to elevate study abroad on their campuses.
The leaders shared details of their institution's bold initiatives and how they will achieve the CIEE Leading Change in Study Abroad Grant objectives of:
- Advancing both institutional and student success goals
- Expanding access to students from all backgrounds and academic majors
- Improving our world through impactful student engagement abroad
Arizona State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has added a fully funded week of immersive global learning their early start program, designed to improve student retention and graduation rates. The first cohort is at CIEE Monteverde in Costa Rica this week!
The Borough of Manhattan Community College has established the BMCC Global Scholars Program for Pell-eligible, diverse, and first-generation students to improve a variety of student success measures including student retention and graduation rates and employability outcome measures. The first cohort of students supported by the program will be studying abroad in January!
Northeastern University will launch an innovative suite of two-week summer courses on public health in Botswana and Ghana for underrepresented students as part of their broader university-wide commitment to investing in Africa and global health.
UC San Diego will debut a Global Internship program for Pell-eligible students, prioritizing underserved populations, that will foster an ecosystem of access and entrepreneurship opportunities to increase study abroad rates, reduce time-to-degree, and positively impact student employability and economic mobility.
“Giving opportunities to those students that have historically felt like they did not belong, that study abroad was something that was out of their reach… we're trying to transform that,” said Dr. Anthony E. Munroe, President of BMCC.
Highlight videos from ASU and BMCC December and January programs will soon be posted on our YouTube channel.