An important issue to address in these programs is safety.
International students have concerns about their safety, as do their families back home.
In addition, faculty often introduced safety issues in their classes. Yet we began to wonder if we were doing enough. The data from the survey suggest that IEP students want information about how to be safe and want their campus to take a proactive stance on safety. Both male and female respondents felt that a wide range of safety issues were important, such as knowing how to avoid being robbed or attacked, how to be safe at home, how to prevent sexual assault, and what to do in an emergency. Students seemed to have no preference about whether safety issues were discussed in orientation or in regular classes.