<p>I think the most important thing a school can do for study abroad is:
- Make it easy.
- Give options.</p>
<p>Which Oberlin does. There are a lot of different options for study abroad, some which Oberlin runs, some of which other schools do and we piggy-back off of them. A lot of my friends haven’t done school-run trips, they’ve gone to a local university and taken classes there. We’ve got a lot of connections in Asia through Shansi, which sponsors trips to India, China, Japan or Indonesia, during which students do an independent project. Like, say, a documentary on used bookstores in Japan.</p>
<p>In slightly-related news, 8 Obies this year won Fulbrights, teaching/learning abroad after they’ve graduated.</p>