Program areas at World Learning
Global development and exchange - for more than 90 years, World Learning has advanced american leadership at home and abroad by equipping students, professionals, and institutions with the skills, networks, and real-world experience needed to address today's most pressing challenges. Through dynamic, experiential education and exchange programs, we strengthen 21st-century competencies, foster innovation, and expand economic opportunitybuilding more secure and prosperous communities worldwide.our activities include supporting stem centers for youth in algeria; implementing in-person and virtual youth, professional, and academicexchanges; providing training to english language teachers; and working to support primary schools in lebanon to enhance literacy and numeracy skills. By connecting people through experiential Learning and opportunities to practice what the organization teaches, World Learning has created a vast global network of students, alumni, faculty, staff and local partners working together to inspire and lead change at the individual, community, and institutional levels. Learn more at: worldlearning.org.
International honors programs (ihp) - ihp offers undergraduate students a unique comparative Learning opportunity to analyze and contrast today's global conditions, evaluate issues and challenges, and compare solutions across countries and cultures. Ihp participants study issues relating to public health, environment, globalization, urban planning, governance, food security and agriculture, international relations, social justice, and human rights. Learn more at httpsstudyabroadsiteduprogramsihp...
Sit study abroad - a pioneer in experiential, field-based study abroad programs, offers accredited academic semester, summer and custom-term programs for undergraduate students in over 40 countries worldwide, as well as comparative honors programs in multiple locations. Our mission is to prepare student to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In doing so, sit study abroad fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. The sit study abroad experience includes rigorous academic programs delivered through a field-based, experiential aprroach; undergraduate research through independent study project case studies; cultural immersion via fieldwork, intensive language classes, and urban and rural homestays with local families. A small group of students in each programs is supported by sit faculty and staff, homestay families, local experts, and community members, and a commitment to reciprocity as the foundation of our education philosphy. Sit independent study projects often lead to advanced research opportunities, including fulbright and watson fellowships. Learns more at https://studyabroad.sit.edu/about/.
The experiment in international living - the experiment, World Learning's founding program, has been a pioneer of youth exchange programs since 1932. Through abroad and virtual exchanges, the experiment empowers high school students to step off the beaten path, experience the World as a classroom, immerse themselves in other cultures, and build the knowledge and skills needed to solve the challenges of tomorrow. Learn more at experiment.org
Sit graduate institute - the sit graduate institute is a global university, oferring graduate students and professionals internationally focused full-time and part-time hybrid accredited master's degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs. Program options are provided in the u.s. and globally, including argentina, ecuador, iceland, india, jordan, kenya, malawi, morocco, serbia, south africa, spain, switzerland, tanzania, turkey, and vietnam. The sit graduate institute's mission is to prepare students to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In doing so, it fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. Programs include international education, sustainable development practice, tesol, climate change policy and advocacy, humanitarian assitance and crisis management, global health, and diplomacy and international relations. Sit graduate institute alumni and partners are engaged in creating, leading, and developming social justice, educational, and international development organizations around the World. Degree candidates include high-ranking government officials and leaders in civil society from the developing World. Sit graduate institue served as a training center for early peace corps volunteers and today attracts many returned volunteers as staff and students. Learn more at https://graduate.sit.edu/.
Other program services, including tesol, and auxilliary student services.