Students from the Council group often traveled together and cooked with other students in their dorm. Students came by the Council office regularly to let us know how everything was going. The International Classroom Meeting Dutch students is not easy, but the partial integration of the Council program with already existing international programs has the advantage of integrating Council students with the European students participating in the other international programs. The mix of both American students and European students provides students with a wide range of perspectives on the subject discussed. As a result, students acquire many new views and a completely different approach to their subjects.
Lecturers find the mix of different nationalities usually stimulating, but sometimes difficult.
Regular meetings are organized to allow UoA staff involved in teaching foreign students to share their experiences and discuss problems encountered and solutions they have found. We are very happy to have her not only because her help was absolutely indispensable with the growing number of students, but also because she gets on with staff, faculty and students really well. Student appeared to feel at ease with all of the staff. Contacts between Council staff and students are frequent and pleasant. Although the official student evaluations have not been received yet, we feel that everything went smoothly even though the group size had increased.