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你可能已经知道了, 出国留学往往是一次改变人生的经历, 不仅仅是对出国留学的学生, 但对她/他的家人也是如此. 皇冠投注鼓励你自己去了解出国留学的情况, so that you can help your student as they embark on this journey and so that you can be informed about the various issues related to study abroad. 这些包括皇冠投注网的政策和程序, 文化适应的模式, 国外健康与安全, 诸如此类. Approximately 150 皇冠投注 students study abroad each year and have access to program in Africa, 亚洲, 加拿大, 欧洲, 拉丁美洲, 和 South Pacific for a full academic year or a semester. 另外, approximately 300 皇冠投注 students go abroad over the summer on our faculty-led programs and through outside providers.

Some of the work the Center for Global Education (CGE) does to help students in the study abroad process includes:

  • Evaluate potential programs for affiliation and monitor currently affiliated programs.
  • 发展和实施教育计划，包括 留学说明会, pre-departure orientation, and special events for students who have returned from abroad. 这些课程为学生提供了实践, 教育, and emotional knowledge to help them choose an appropriate overseas study experience, 充分利用他们在国外的时间, 并在他们回来后继续从他们的经验中学习.
  • Work closely with faculty and administrators to clarify and streamline study abroad materials and policies.
  • Produce informational materials on study abroad for students, faculty, and administrators.
  • Advise students on an individual basis as often as the students would like.
  • Talk with parents/guardians about the study abroad and related issues.
  • 协助学生办理留学登记手续.
  • 便利留学生计费.
  • 根据需要与所有海外学生保持联系.
  • Facilitate the posting of study abroad academic credit once students return to campus

帮助你的学生

We offer the following suggestions to help you participate in your student’s exploration and experience. 除了阅读下面的信息, we highly encourage you to take a look at the Institute for 国际 Education’s (IIE) 出国留学家长指南

出发前
  • 价值观和目标—help your student identify and clarify values and goals for the study abroad experience early in the process.
  • 选项-了解你的学生有哪些选择.
  • 模型—be familiar with the various types of programs and what they are designed to facilitate or promote.
  • 适合-确定个人计划的好坏, 服务和环境适合你的学生的学术需求, 个人目标, 语言上的准备, 期望与兴趣.
  • 特点和优点—consider what is available and if these features provide benefits valued by your student.
  • 明智的选择—consider how study abroad in a less-traditional destination might fulfill your student’s academic, 文化, 语言, 个人和职业目标.
  • 优点和缺点—help your student weigh the likely advantages of study abroad in a particular program or destination against any perceived disadvantages.
  • 审批流程—learn what your student must do to be authorized to study abroad by BU—review policies concerning eligibility and approval.
  • 参与需求—underst和 requirements your student must meet to participate, 包括学习成绩, 社会地位和行为期望.
  • 费用、经济援助和奖学金-评估项目成本及其涵盖范围, 预计与参加相关的个人费用, 和 availability and process for financial aid and scholarships.
  • 波动—understand that study abroad involves risk and volatility regardless of where your student studies, though some destinations may be more likely to present specific risks such as health precautions, 罢工, 政治动荡, 自然灾害, or crime—gather information about such concerns and evaluate them carefully. Learn more about local conditions and 旅行 precautions through the U.S. 国务院领事事务局 和 疾病控制中心.

当你的学生选择了一个特定的网站, 确保你收到, review and underst和 following information about your student’s program:

  • 程序结构类型、地点、持续时间、规模、设施和人员
  • 学分-如何获得，可选课程，如何申请波士顿大学的学位
  • 生活安排-民宿、住宅、独立生活等多种选择
  • 取向—pre-departure program on campus and upon arrival in country
  • 安全与责任—security measures, precautions, local conditions, contingency plans and emergency procedures
  • 卫生和保健资源-建议的预防措施和所需的免疫接种, 当地医疗服务, 项目服务和推荐
  • 支持服务—academic, social, emotional, health and wellness and special needs
  • 成本-项目费用，包括哪些费用，以及如何支付
  • 旅行安排-如何制作它们和节目日期

Please make sure one parent or guardian has a valid passport during the time of your student’s study abroad experience.  To find out how to apply for a new passport or renew an expired passport, visit: 旅行.状态.gov /护照

在国外
  • Maintain communication with reasonable frequency, but not on a daily basis.
  • Keep the program calendar in mind—if you haven’t heard from your student, it may be because he or she is on a program excursion or 旅行ing during a break.
  • Encourage your student to refer to the CGE’s newsletters 和 information on this website.
  • Stay in touch with the program sponsor concerning security precautions and conditions abroad.
  • Monitor online information, country-specific advisories, and country-specific alerts from the U.S. 国务院领事事务局网站.
  • Contact the program provider should you or your student need assistance.
  • Keep a journal of events and celebrations that occur during the semester or year to share with your son or daughter when he or she returns home.

当他们回来时

  • Expect your student to have a period of transition upon return, 有时和他们在国外的时间一样长.
  • Continue your enthusiasm for your student’s experience in the months after they return home—show interest in the photos, 故事, 以及让这段经历鲜活的记忆.
  • Encourage your student to resolve any remaining course approvals to prevent delay in the posting of academic credit.
  • Don’t open transcripts received from abroad—these may have been inadvertently sent to your student rather than the CGE – check with your student first to determine if they requested a copy.
  • Forward any program-related materials to your student for processing on campus.