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...That’s a shame, especially since actively encouraging study abroad doesn’t take an institutional revamp. Many of the resources are already in place at Harvard, through institutions like the Office of International Programs, but are simply underpublicized...
...Harvard was sending fewer than 15 percent of its students abroad. In comparison, Dartmouth sends the most students abroad during the academic year, with 39 percent of its student population going overseas. Brown comes in second with a 35 percent study-abroad rate, and UPenn gets third place with 30 percent. If prizes were awarded, Harvard would barely get a participation sticker, let alone a place on the medal podium...
...These offices should emphasize more actively the importance of semester or yearlong study-abroad programs by organizing talks, publicizing pertinent information and deadlines, and working closely with departments. Students who have been abroad already should be invited more frequently to speak to others about their experiences and how those experiences have allowed them to appreciate and take advantage of all that Harvard has to offer at home...
...Academically, red tape also prevents many students who might otherwise test-drive an international experience from ever even considering study abroad. Harvard should strip away these administrative roadblocks and make academic requirements more flexible so that students have more freedom to leave...
...Currently, it is difficult within any concentration for students to go away during the school year—History and Literature and Social Studies students who go abroad during the spring semester, for instance, are required to write their junior papers while also doing study-abroad coursework in other countries. Students planning to study abroad must take the initiative to track down all of their academic advisors, develop a course of study that precludes courses that do not count for Harvard credit, and constantly check the Office of International Programs website for updated deadlines, as dates are not well advertised...