How to Make Safety Reviews Work for You
A safety review should reduce the likelihood of harm to participants, staff and property; serve as a vehicle for stakeholder education and improved institutional alignment; demonstrate a commitment to...
View ArticleMaking Meaning from Tragedy: Fire Safety Abroad
When someone loses a child on a study abroad program, a lot of what they do subsequent to that event is an effort to make meaning of that loss. Frequently, that takes the form of endowing a...
View ArticlePsychotropic Medications: How to Manage in Remote Programming
By Bill Frederick Back in 1980 I became a somewhat disillusioned psychology major at the University of Colorado when upon taking a cooking job in the local psychiatric hospital, I discovered that...
View ArticlePreventing Students from Becoming Prey
By Bill Frederick Many of the health, safety and security incidents that befall study abroad students involve their being victimized by predatory persons. Most study abroad students are exposed to some...
View ArticleUpdate: WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its global status report on road safety March 14, 2013. The report contains a lot of interesting and relevant information; we encourage you to digest it....
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