Study Abroad News

In Search of the Perfect Fit

By Dr. Chiara Briganti Academic Director Arcadia in England, Scotland & Wales I see them leaving for work just as I’m arriving. As I turn into Palace Court, a young man in a suit is walking out the door. A young woman in heels is already a block ahead of him. A few more are just [...]

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Issues of Access from a South African Perspective

By Dr. Alan Jansen, Resident Director, Arcadia Center for South African Studies SHAWCO program in Cape Town, South Africa As international educators, we are concerned with not only issues of curriculum and cultural enrichment, but also with supplying the best possible resources for students, and for providing these same students with a context for understanding cultural [...]

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Health Considerations in East Africa

By Roland Adjovi, Resident Director, Arcadia Center for East African Studies Listening to President Obama speaking at Arcadia University, and learning about the debate on health care in the United States, as an African scholar in Africa who is administering higher education programs for an American University, I had reasons to be interested. Moreover, in Arcadia programs in [...]

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Touching the Void

By Jane Gunn-Lewis, Resident Director, New Zealand New Zealand appeals to students for all sorts of reasons: to experience geology in motion as they scramble up glaciers, study marine science and swim with dolphins, learn about Maori culture and do the haka with the All Blacks rugby team ….but no student has told us they came to NZ because [...]

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