CoNfErENCE ProgrAm home and host institutions: what can we learn from each other? Marissa Lombardi (Lorenzo de’ Medici International Institute and Northeastern University), Sabina Post (Elizabethtown College) This session will focus on how home and host institutions can collaborate in program development, design, and outcomes assessment. In a round table discussion format, participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and best practices that provide mutual benefit to both home and host institutions. strengths-Based approaches to supporting cross cultural education for students with Mental health diagnoses Andy Dunlap (Elizabethtown College), Scott Manning (Susquehanna University) This session takes a strengths-based approach to working with study abroad students with mental health diagnoses. Wellness planning, a framework for student success, and institutional best practices for supporting these students will be discussed from clinical and administrative perspectives. Participants will practice wellness planning through an interactive exercise. Mind the Gap: Bridging the divide Between education abroad administrators and faculty Melanie McCallon (Murray State University), François Le Roy (Northern Kentucky University), David Pizzo (Murray State University) Many education abroad programs began as faculty initiatives, relatively free of administrative oversight. However, programs lost their autonomy as the field professionalized and institutions elevated international education. Faculty complain that administrators interfere with programs, while administrators lament that faculty disregard policy. Bridging this gap is critical for the success of education abroad. study abroad while studying abroad— international students as an emerging Market for faculty-led programs Greg Grassi (University of San Diego), Kira Espiritu (University of San Diego) International students are an emerging cohort for study abroad. What are their motivations for studying abroad? How can study abroad programs best meet their needs? This session will discuss this emerging trend and provide practical tools to better serve this unique subset of the study abroad participant pool. updates from the forum’s outcomes assessment and research committee Nick Gozik (Boston College), Kelly McLaughlin (Yale University), Michelle Gere (Yale University), Dennis Doyle (Central College), Victor Savicki (Western Oregon University) This session provides an overview of the Forum’s Outcomes Assessment and Research committee’s recent work, with a focus on the recently launched Outcomes Assessment and Research Toolbox. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about and offer feedback on the Toolbox at a critical point in its development. New paradigms from an old partner Sarah Breckenridge O’Connor (Keele University), Bridget Carey (Queen’s University Belfast), Ray Casserly (CIEE) How are UK universities using new and innovative approaches to deal with perceived differences in student services, academic delivery and the overall role of universities in students’ lives? How can host institutions use the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice to fulfill the expectations of U.S. partners? Can the systems work together? 17