All rights reserved. Many international education units on college and university campuses, including offices that coordinate international admission, study abroad, international student advising, and ESL, are developing their own web sites. Most of the programs that responded had a link to their international program at a second, third, fourth, fifth, or even sixth step below the main page, under a variety of headings, including admissions, student services, student information, academic, colleges and universities, campus directory, and many others.
Some international programs are only accessible via a search engine located on the main page.
International students are usually major clients of college and university web sites in the United States. One university reported that up to 20 percent of all hits on its institution's web site were from visitors outside the United States. Many of the international students who use college and university home pages lack the cultural knowledge and language proficiency to find information about international student services such as advising, admissions, and ESL, especially when the information is buried deep down in the host institution's web site. This will reduce the amount of electronic and other mail sent to the webmaster asking for information about international study. Where global education is a major institutional vision, the college or university web site should reflect this as a major priority by placing an international button on the main page.