Academic Integration: Student Retention & Success

Supporting Academic Integration to Promote Student Retention and Success
Diversity Abroad Annual Conference Workshop – 2015 

First Generation 2.0: Lessons Learned, New Research & Missing Populations

First Generation 2.0: Lessons Learned, New Research, & Missing Populations
Third Annual Diversity Abroad Conference Session – 2015 

Assessing Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

The field of education abroad has come a long way in terms of assessment and development of suggested good practices in programming. Most assessment tools, however, include only brief mentions of the role of student identity and broader evaluations of institutional/organizational efforts to increase diversity and improve inclusive practices in education abroad. This session provides an overview of a new tool to assess office, campus, and organizational effort to improve diversity and inclusion efforts in education abroad. Panelists representing institutions involved in piloting the tool will share their experiences and offer recommendations for ways the field can better assess access, inclusion, and diversity efforts in education abroad.

• Andrew Gordon, President and Founder – Diversity Abroad
• BJ Titus, Director of Institutional Relations – Learning Abroad Center, University of Minnesota
• Taylor C. Wood, Special Projects Manager, Office for Study Abroad – The George Washington University