New IIE Report: Models for U.S. Study Abroad to Indonesia

The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Models for U.S. Study Abroad to Indonesia, in the IIE Study Abroad White Paper series, and the second report on expanding study abroad to Indonesia.

In June 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a Higher Education Partnership, a core element of the Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries. The partnership calls for expanding sustainable linkages between institutions in both countries, and for doubling the number of educational exchanges between the two countries within five years.

In support of this goal, the IIE's Center for International Partnerships in Higher Education, in cooperation with the Indonesian International Education Foundation, launched in 2010 the U.S.-Indonesian Partnership Program for Study Abroad Capacity (USIPP). The goal of this two-year initiative, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, was to expand Indonesian higher education institutions' capacity to provide high-quality study abroad programs for U.S. students.

This white paper examines four USIPP-funded study abroad programs to Indonesia, with a focus on providing best practices to U.S.-based study abroad practitioners interested in establishing new study abroad programs to Indonesia. The report begins with an overview of each program, specifically describing program design, implementation, and sustainability measures. The second portion of the report presents a comparison of the four programs, highlighting similarities and differences to help foster the design of future programs. The report ends with a series of recommendations to help U.S.-based study abroad practitioners develop future study abroad programs to Indonesia.

The white paper is available for download at: www.iie.org/Research-and-Publications/Publications-and-Reports/IIE-Bookstore/Models-For-US-Study-Abroad-To-Indonesia.