National Resource for Faculty-Led Program Leaders

The Forum on Education Abroad, of which IU was a founding member, is recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice as the Standards Development Organization for the field of study abroad. The Forum published Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad in 2004 which have since been revised. The Forum’s Committee on Standards recently created a short publication that applies the Standards specifically to faculty-led short-term programs.  

IU Education Abroad aspires to adhere to the Forum’s Standards in its programming, from the design stage up through the various levels of program development and execution. Program leaders should review the questions in the Forum document to benchmark themselves prior to taking students abroad. Should you need additional information not available to you through this handbook or through inperson training, please contact us with your questions.