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Our approach to faculty-led programs and short-term study abroad is in our name: custom. Like a fingerprint, each faculty-led custom program is unique, and our capabilities across 110+ countries are unmatched. By incorporating your curriculum goals, we source one-of-a-kind experiences that better prepare your students for future careers by exposing them to international culture, businesses, and academic engagements. From selecting your destination to identifying interactive engagements that bring your curriculum to life, our thematic approach ensures that your program is finetuned to the learning outcomes and unique needs of you and your students.
Once your program is developed, you’ll work directly with an account manager who will be your champion, working directly with our large team of logistical experts, curriculum specialists, and on-the-ground partners. Our long-time university partners see their account managers as an integral part of their own university teams, ensuring that your program is uniquely yours each and every year.
To begin customizing your program, give us a call at 1-800-422-2368.
Jennifer Fisher leads our WorldStrides Custom Programs team, working directly with university partners to globalize their curriculum through short-term, faculty-led cultural immersions. Jen brings a passion for customized curriculum solutions to this role after more than 25 years working with institutions of higher learning.
Australia’s banking industry is dominated by banks commonly known as “the Big Four” and it has delivered substantial return on shares during the most recent economic downturn. None of these has an investment arm, and all are heavily dependent on profits from home mortgages. Meet with finance experts down under to discuss this risk/reward scenario in the Australian market.
Some experts estimate that as many as a million Aboriginal people lived in Australia at the time of their first contact with European settlers. They were organized into distinct groups around cultural and linguistic lines. Study the history of these early residents, including their uninterrupted tradition of art, which dates back to 28,000-year-old rock paintings!
One of seventeen “megadiversity” countries in the world, Australia offers a tremendous opportunity to see (and discuss preservation of) a huge variety of animals and plants. Study the ecological niche of the kangaroos in the “Red Centre” desert, for example, or the Tasmanian Devil in the eucalyptus forest. Consider the environmental pressures on the Great Barrier Reef, and the current efforts underway to limit damage to the area.
Because of its size and sophistication, it’s difficult to paint Australia with any one brush. The economic and geopolitical issues here are nuanced; Australia is a major player in the world with a varied and strong economy. Most of the population lives in exciting cities on the Aussie coast, but the enormous landmass begs to be explored by scientists of all stripes. And though its role in the world as we know it began relatively late (colonization began in 1770), the aboriginal and prehistoric history of the land is well-studied.
