Show Colleges arent aren't involved in foreign study CPS Most colleges arent aren't as involved in international international international programs as they think they should be says a Penn State survey released in December The survey found a a. a tremendous surge in campus interest in starting International International International continuing higher education programs said Shirley Hendrick a dean of education with Penn States State's College of Business Ad Ad- ministration This is especially true among institutions with very little experience she said They want to do more n Of the members of the Association of Continuing Continuing Continuing ing Higher Education that responded 67 percent were interested in offering or expanding expanding expanding ex ex- their foreign study programs Only 19 of the 74 universities universities universities that already offer programs said they were as involved in international efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts as they should be Scores of campuses report student interest in foreign study is mushrooming At George Washington University for example students studied abroad during the 1990 1989 school year up 43 percent from the previous yearA yearA yearA year A major objective of all higher education is to help students operate more effectively effectively effectively in an increasingly International international international in in- and multicultural world says Maurice East head of GW's foreign study program Study abroad is isone isone isone one of the best ways to give people hand first-hand exposure Student participation in Lehigh University's Center for International Studies has increased more than 30 per cent since it was established two years ago In Pennsylvania of Allegheny Colleges College's 1850 students almost 6 per cent of the campus population will spend all or part of their time overseas |