| 753 | Saturday, April 16, 2005 |
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| 8:45 AM-10:00 AM | Convention Center:E353a |
| AAHE/Professional Preparation |
| Organizing and Delivering International Travel/Study Courses and Tours |
| The focus of this presentation is to identify key safety, risk management and legal issues related to international study tours. Issues covered include acknowledgement of risk; responsibilities; student self-assessments; medical and student insurance; strategies for safe travel; dealing with students with disabilities; University policies concerning student conduct; and dealing with the FERPA/Buckley amendment.
Also addressed are specific organizational and logistic tasks for leading student tours in England, Scotland, and China, including: cultural preparedness, visa acquisition, selection of sites to visit, budget development, and in-country travel. |
Keyword(s): professional preparation
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| Presider: Helen Graf, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA |
| Speaker: Larry D. Hensley, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA |
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Speakers: |
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Safety, Risk Management and Legal Issues in Conducting International Travel/Study Courses
Thomas W. O'Rourke, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Nicholas K. Iammarino, Rice University, Houston, TX |
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Organizing a HPER Student Tour to China
Thomas Davis, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and Ling Ping, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China |
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