Foreign study programs lack students
By Sarah Clarit
Emerald Reporter
Fewer University students have applied to study abroad in
the last two years, according to figures from the Office of Inter
national Education and Exchange
Programs in France have been hit ihu hardest, said Janeon
Felling, associate director of overseas programs A winter-term
program at the Unlvorsito du Maine in Le Mans was canceled
Tuesday because only six students had enrolled. Felling sctid
Administrators in the OIEE and the Department of Foreign
Languages are now trying to learn the causes for lower enroll
ment figures. Allhough they have not collected any statistics,
they suspect higher costs of education and a |»oor national
economy have contributed to the problem. Poising said
During the 1990-91 school year, :i9H University students
studied abroad through programs the OIEE administers That
number dropped to 299 during the 1991-92 school year Prelim
Inary figures indicate that 1992-9.1 enrollment numbers will be
oven lower.
Hallo! Measure S's passage in 1990 resulted in tuition hikes
that may deter students from studying abroad. Folsing said
"Students became more cost-conscious," Petsing said "They
may have worried aixnit not delaying their education and accu
mulating debt There's the mispert option students hove that go
ing that going abroad does that
A bleak economic outlook and higher education c c»sis nation
wide have made recruiting students (or study abroad programs
difficult throughout the country, said Romance Language De
partment Mend Franco!se Collin
At the University, doc lining student population may bo low
ering the number of possible study abroad applicants, Felsing
said Rec ent c hanges to the OIEE st.ifl may have also played a
role in lowering study abroad enrollment, she said
The weakening of Ihe U S dollar may have been a factor for
students considering programs in Western Europe, l-elsing said.
The decline of the dollar could have had a major impact on
studies In Franco, tnc hiding the Le Mans program, Folsing said
The paradox Is that we are at a time
when everyone speaks of
multiculturallsm, diversity and
International exchange
Francotse Calm,
Romance l anguage department head
However, enrollment figure's for Germany, which has a very
strong currency, have remained the senno
"For the most part, the other programs seem to he holding
steady," poising said
Most of the programs the. University offers send students
from other institutions, so the programs’ total enrollments are
not dependent on whether enough University students sign up
This was not the case for the Le Mans program, which re
quires at least 10 students from the University to enroll in order
to operate Though more than 300 second-year French students
were told about the program, (’.aim said, only six enrolled.
Calin said she fears this year’s cancellation will be perma
nent "We have a contract with that university in France, and
we are breaking that contract." she said.
In response to the cancellation, the OIEE plans to survey
French students during winter term to see how the programs in
France could tie improved to meet students’ needs.
"The paradox is that wo are at a time when everyone speaks
of multleullurnlism, diversity and international exchange,"
Calin said "At the same time, although there is a desire to go
abroad, there is a financial crisis
The OIEE has attempted to ease some of the financial burden
for students going abroad by implementing a short-term loan
program this year Students can also use their financial uid
when studying abroad, but often that aid is not available until
the program is underway The loans can pay for immediate
costs such as travel, l elsing said
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have u cold or tin? flu, only to lx? asked if
they have a fever.
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munity iloes not own a thermometer,"
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