Coronavirus impacts study abroad

It was inevitable that the Coronavirus would go to the population centers where U.S.A. students most like to travel. The reality of study abroad coordinators looked at protective strategies, including cancelling trips, perhaps becoming the new normal for institutions that have urged students to study abroad in larger numbers. As Julie Anne Friend of Northwestern University indicated, "it's such an unnerving circumstance to think that an individual could be quarantined" and this is leading both students and institutions to exercise greater prudence in  their planning.

Chuck Staben, a former university president, offered general advice to colleges and universities regarding how to prepare for a possible outbreak of the Coronavirus which eventually came to pass in full measure. As the pandemic raged on, study abroad coordinators began to ponder when students might be likely begin to consider traveling again.