Spring Break
Univ alters study abroad policies
by Jillian Wagner
News Editor
News | 1/20/09
Posted online at 6:42 AM EST on 1/20/09
The Division of Students and Enrollment announced in a campuswide e-mail last Friday that the University has instituted new policy changes to the study abroad program, which include placing students who wish to go abroad in the spring 2010 semester into a stand-alone room selection process and making merit-based scholarships nontransferable while students are studying abroad.
The e-mail was sent out by Co-Director of Residence Life Jeremy Leiferman, assistant dean of Academic Services and director of Study Abroad J. Scott Van Der Meid and Dean of Financial Services Peter Giumette. It will take effect for the students going abroad in the 2009 to 2010 academic year.
The other policy changes are that students will be required to submit a preliminary study abroad form by Feb. 15, 2009 in order to become eligible to study abroad and that all students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 from the time they submit this preliminary form until they go abroad.
According to the e-mail, "These changes have been implemented due to a number of factors: response to student requests and a desire by our campus community to continue to house the incoming mid-year class together; the need for better academic preparedness for students studying abroad; and new economic realities."
The students who will now be placed in a stand-alone room selection process will be housed in the Village for the fall 2009 semester. The midyear Class of 2013 will move into the Village in the spring 2010 semester, according to Leiferman.
According to the e-mail, "All students who formally indicate their desire to study abroad in 2010," by checking the box in their SAGE accounts by Jan. 31 and submitting their preliminary study abroad applications, who "meet the established study abroad eligibility criteria and wish to live on-campus will be housed in the Village. If fall-only housing exceeds the capacity of the Village, additional areas will be offered."
The e-mail was sent out by Co-Director of Residence Life Jeremy Leiferman, assistant dean of Academic Services and director of Study Abroad J. Scott Van Der Meid and Dean of Financial Services Peter Giumette. It will take effect for the students going abroad in the 2009 to 2010 academic year.
The other policy changes are that students will be required to submit a preliminary study abroad form by Feb. 15, 2009 in order to become eligible to study abroad and that all students must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 from the time they submit this preliminary form until they go abroad.
According to the e-mail, "These changes have been implemented due to a number of factors: response to student requests and a desire by our campus community to continue to house the incoming mid-year class together; the need for better academic preparedness for students studying abroad; and new economic realities."
The students who will now be placed in a stand-alone room selection process will be housed in the Village for the fall 2009 semester. The midyear Class of 2013 will move into the Village in the spring 2010 semester, according to Leiferman.
According to the e-mail, "All students who formally indicate their desire to study abroad in 2010," by checking the box in their SAGE accounts by Jan. 31 and submitting their preliminary study abroad applications, who "meet the established study abroad eligibility criteria and wish to live on-campus will be housed in the Village. If fall-only housing exceeds the capacity of the Village, additional areas will be offered."
Viewing Comments 1 - 1 of 1
Susan Merewitz '65
posted 1/21/09 @ 10:15 AM EST
When I saw the headline that the University was changing its study abroad policy...i thought with pride that Brandeis with all its compassion had seen the light. (Continued…)
Post a Comment