The value of studying abroad

As the economic slowdown curtails some students’ ability to study overseas, colleges are being much more active in helping students deal with the costs, while emphasizing the value of studying abroad, Director of International Studies Steven T. Duke tells The Chronicle of Higher Education.

A passion for parks: History’s Emily Wakild receives NEH grant to study Mexican national parks

Emily Wakild, who joined the history faculty in 2007, teaches her Latin American history class. History professor Emily Wakild is passionate about Mexican parks. She has spent more than a decade researching and writing about the legacy of the Mexican Revolution in the early- to late-1900s, a period in which government planners created a system of national parks to achieve both social goals and environmental conservation.

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