The motives and means of education are changing.  Increasingly, it is understood that students, and the people who educate them, should learn about the world beyond their domain of local experience.  Want to create an in-person, web-based, or blended study program on your campus for international students?  Interested in enhancing short- and long-term education abroad opportunities for your home campus students?  Want to develop profit-making programs to underwrite international program operation costs?  The GO Group has the experience and know how to help, and to ensure that your programs are in compliance with current standards of good practice and safety.

 

Services include:

• Designing and/or administering for-credit study abroad and non-credit training (see below) programs.

• Assessing program risk and crisis response procedures.

• Auditing international office staffing, budgeting, and technology use practices.

• Developing post-program satisfaction and impact surveys.

• Creating or enhancing application, acceptance, and orientation procedures.

 

We also design and offer on-site, online, and blended training programs.  Topics might include:

• For Students: College and university application procedures; visa and immigration; life in the United States; health and safety; successful study techniques; money management; etc.

• For Educators: Developing international research partnerships; collaborative grant writing; international teaching and research opportunities; publication in western journals; etc.

• For Administrators: Partnering with universities abroad; program marketing strategies; creating effective websites for an international audience; developing new and making the most of existing international partnerships; understanding university rankings and international accreditation procedures and practices; etc.