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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.
The auto industry is the largest single sector, and, including its upstream suppliers, accounts for 24% of Czech manufacturing. Visit some of the largest car and parts manufacturers in the region, and consider how both European and Asian car manufacturers rely on Czech skill and efficiency in their own operations.
The glass and ceramics industry in the Czech Republic has a centuries-long tradition and prestigious reputation around the world. Witness how generic manufacturing processes can be adapted for specific end-uses, whether upscale consumer goods or industrial applications in cars and buildings, and sales channels differ greatly for each.
The Czech building industry has experienced an unprecedented boom over the last decade, thanks to large infrastructure projects and housing construction. Examine how one such growing sector can generate a multiplier effect on the whole economy and the importance of concurrent growth in sub-sectors, such as specialized construction technologies and building components.
The country’s stable market economy is closely integrated with the EU, which it joined in 2004. The nation is also known for having the best infrastructure in Central Europe, which helps it attract the biggest share of direct foreign investment in the region. Other economic strengths include a skilled workforce, a developed industrial sector, and a healthy, inward-looking financial system with a high degree of privatization.
In contrast, the Czech economy’s dependence on its manufacturing industry makes it extremely reliant on exports and sensitive to changes in its recipient markets, namely Germany, Slovakia, and Poland. When Western Europe fell into recession in 2008, demand for Czech goods plunged, and GDP fell sharply for several years. When a strong recovery finally came in 2015, it became clear that the country would have to diversify away from manufacturing towards a more services-based, high-tech economy, if it wanted to ensure a stable financial future.
