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STUDY ABROAD

Anyone who has had the experience of studying abroad, or has supervised someone who has, knows that it is often a pivotal event in a student’s college experience.   Students return from education abroad to their campuses with a predictable range of almost universally positive responses to the experience. 

 Globalization has impacted the majority of the world’s modern workforce.  International educational experiences help prepare global-ready graduates for the twenty-first century workforce.  Education abroad is fast becoming a desirable part of the college experience for U.S. students.  Undoubtedly, short-term education abroad programs can open up a student’s eyes to the world in a new way.  For many, this can be not only an enriching experience, but also a life-changing one in that they see themselves differently as a member of a global community.

 Bluegrass Community and Technical College has memberships in two study abroad organizations.  Any Bluegrass student may apply to any of the many study abroad these organizations offer.  The organizations are College Consortium or International Studies (CCIS) and Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA).

 CCIS is a partnership of colleges and universities – two and four-year colleges, large and small, public and private, domestic and foreign – encompasses the broad spectrum of international higher education.  CCIS is a non-profit, membership organization of more than 135 public and private accredited colleges and universities in the United States. BCTC students gain immediate access to over 80 study abroad programs in 32 countries diversified by subject matter, location, duration and cost. Study abroad programs are offered all over the world in many languages and for semester or summer.  See the website at http://www.ccisabroad.org/ .

 CCSA is a higher education consortium of 26 colleges and universities, BCTC being the first and only community college member.  CCSA offers courses in fourteen English speaking countries from England to Jamaica to Hong Kong.  There are no courses in foreign language countries.  Summer and semester courses are offered.  These classes are taught by faculty from consortium-member schools. See the website at http://www.ccsa.cc/ .