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- EIN 23-3100062
- (717) 245-1031
- 28 N College St Carlisle PA 17013-2311 USA
- www.forumea.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Humanities
Mission: The forum on education abroad is the higher education association for education abroad. A 501(c) (3) non-profit association, the forum is recognized by the u. S. Department of justice and the federal trade commission as the standards development organization (sdo) for the field of education abroad. The forum's standards of good practice are recognized as the definitive means by which the quality of education abroad programs may be judged. The forum's 800 institutional members include u. S. Colleges and universities, overseas institutions, consortia, agencies, provider organizations and foundations. The forum focuses on developing and implementing standards of good practice, encouraging and supporting research initiatives, and offering educational programs and resources to its members. Its mission is to help to improve education abroad programs to benefit the students that participate in them. It is achieving this goal by establishing standards of good practice and quality assurance
Programs: Through convening events and conferences, the forum offers opportunities for discussion, learning and networking. Over 2,500 people attended the forum's conferences, institutes, workshops, webinars this past year. The forum annual conference is the largest education abroad gathering and the signature event of the forum. In late march in seattle, over 1,300 people attended this event.
through its many workshops and its professional certification program, the forum trains and educates hundreds of colleagues each year in best practices, and by doing so helps to improve the education abroad field for the benefit of students. In fy 2017, over 800 people participated in workshops and over 225 were enrolled in the professional certification program, representing 140 member organizations and 10 countries. The forum's quality improvement program had 13 institutions participating in reviews.
the forum's programs and resources offer important data and analysis, quality assurance tools, and publications and online resources to help institutions to advance their education abroad programs. Highlights included the publication of the biannual state of the field survey and the insurance claims data report. In 2016-17 visits to the forum web site increased by 19%.