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  Study Abroad - Introduction
Statistics indicate a 55% increase in the number of U.S. students studying abroad in the past five years. Students are increasingly choosing to study in less traditional destinations in Latin America, Africa and Asia including Cuba, Kenya, Morocco and Thailand.

At an October 2000 Congressional hearing on "Safety in Study Abroad", it was stated that the major cause of student injury or death in overseas programs is traffic accidents. According to the U.S. State Department, road travel is the greatest risk to healthy Americans abroad. This rise in student travel to industrializing countries coincidentally parallels a rise in road safety risks in these countries.

The study abroad community can help ensure the safety of students by careful program and itinerary planning, risk assessment, staff and student preparation and emergency contingencies.
  

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Study Abroad Membership

If your organization wishes to become a Study Abroad Member...

1. Send an email to ASIRT  and please include the following information:

Name of Organization
Name of Program/Department
Department Address
Contact Person Name, Position, Address, Email, Telephone

2. Purchase a Study Abroad Membership Subscription. Annual fees are as follows (see sign up instructions below):

Type of Program Name of Subscription Annual Membership Subscription Fee
Programs that send 30 students abroad annually StudyAbroad 030 $200
Programs that send 30-100 students abroad annually StudyAbroad 100 $250
Programs that send over 100 students abroad annually StudyAbroad 100 $400
Faculty-led programs under 50 students StudyAbroad $50 (Associate Member)

Study Abroad Members receive:

  • A hard copy of ASIRT's recently-published manual, A Global Road Safety Toolbox for the Study Abroad Community.  Click here to view the cover of the Road Safety Toolbox.  Click here to view the Prologue and table of contents of the Toolbox.

  • Road Travel Report downloads for up to ten countries (see the Road Travel Report page for information about the reports and a list of available country reports).  Associate Members are entitled to one download with their subscription.

  • Invitation to participate in the Study Abroad Online Forum of Best Practices in the Study Abroad Community

  • New online services as they become available.

Study Abroad Members will have their institution listed on ASIRT's web-site.

In order to sign up for a subscription:

  1. You must be a registered user of the ASIRT website.  Registration is free.  Register by clicking on the link in the upper right hand corner of the page.

  2. After registering, log in with your user name and password.  Once logged in, click on your user name in the upper right corner of the page to manage your account.  On the account management page, click on "Manage Services" in order to sign up for the subscription that matches your type of program (see the above table).

After you subscribe, when you login to the ASIRT website you will have access to your subscriber services (Road Travel Report downloads, the Study Abroad User Forum).

     

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