Education Abroad

Chartered by Congress and Chaired by APLU President, Peter McPherson, the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program, released a report in 2005 outlining how the United States could achieve the goal of one million U.S. students studying abroad annually. As recommended in the report, legislation was introduced, the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, which would significantly increase the number of study abroad participants by creating a competitive grants program in which institutions of higher education would compete with the best ideas on how they can increase their numbers, expand the diversity of participants, and expand the diversity of destinations including developing nations. APLU, working with our partners at NAFSA: Association of International Educators, remains committed to passage of the Simon Act both in authorization and appropriations.

Read the full report here.