Learning From Recent Challenges in Education Abroad Crisis Management

Consider the following events that have occurred since 2008: earthquakes in China, Italy, Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand; flooding in Australia and Brazil; forest fires in Russia; volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland; and the horrific earthquake, tsunami, and subsequenrnuclear disaster in Japan. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:International educator (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2012-01, Vol.21 (1), p.56
1. Verfasser: Friend, Julie
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Consider the following events that have occurred since 2008: earthquakes in China, Italy, Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand; flooding in Australia and Brazil; forest fires in Russia; volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland; and the horrific earthquake, tsunami, and subsequenrnuclear disaster in Japan. Technology has contributed to a sense of complacency regarding the collection of complete program itineraries that include landline phone numbers, fax numbers, and street addresses. Barbara Lindeman, director of study abroad and assistant director of the international center at the University of Missouri, reflects that MUs protocols for evacuating students in cases of epidemics or politicai unrest have worked well.\n One of Langlin's client institutions had 14 students in Haiti at the time of the disaster.
ISSN:1059-4221