Overseas Study Is Down, and the Economy Takes the Blame
For the first time in more than a decade, American colleges are reporting a drop in the number of students traveling overseas to study, and the economy is to blame.
Nearly 60 percent of colleges and independent study-abroad providers surveyed by the Forum on Education Abroad said enrollments had fallen from the previous year. Public colleges and outside providers were more likely to experience enrollment dips and reported the biggest declines, the survey found.
In another sign of stress for the programs, sixty percent of respondents said their budgets had been cut in the past year.
