Resources for setting up foreign internships. Information on the best programs for handicapped students. A worldwide database of contacts at 50,000 diplomatic posts. Access to U.S. State Department travel advisories and Centers for Disease Control health advice. Consolidating this information isn't just a matter of convenience, Rhodes argues.
Institutional resources vary greatly.
One university may allocate 5 percent of a single faculty member's time, while another devotes 70 full-time administrators. Rhodes considers it his mission to educate all of higher education about overseas study. Take, for example, the risk of alcohol abuse when American undergrads head overseas. The USC Center for Global Education is helping institutions adapt their policies, procedures and support mechanisms for such contingencies.