morning sessions | 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. assessment of school-wide international experience requirement in studio-Based curriculum Joseph Trumpey (University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design), Mary Wright (University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching), Sandra Wiley (University of Michigan, Stamps School of Art & Design) From a faculty, research and administrative perspective, we present findings from the implementation of an international experience requirement at the University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art & Design, as well as a multi-year evaluation of impact. Unique challenges of the school-wide requirement within a studio-based curriculum will be discussed. The Bubble of private space: living with local roommates Mark Lenhart (CET Academic Programs), Carolyn Sorkin (Wesleyan University), Nehad Heliel (CV Starr Middlebury School in Egypt, Alexandria), Hanqing Peng (Minzu University of China and University of California, San Diego) What are the challenges and opportunities for study-abroad participants who live with local roommates? What are the learning outcomes, and how might these compare to those associated with host families? Finally, as we consider how programs impact local communities, what is the impact of this experience on the roommates themselves? Building partnerships in study abroad: a case of the collaboration between Two-Year colleges and a university Tetyana Schneider (University of Wisconsin Colleges), Laura Van Toll (University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Angricultural and Life Sciences) In this session presenters will discuss how short-term study abroad is being used as a collaboration vehicle between two different University of Wisconsin-System institutions: UW-Colleges and UW-Madison. education abroad as commodity: where are we Now? Giselda Beaudin (Rollins College), Amanda Lord (The Education Abroad Network), Katie DeGuzman (University of Central Florida) The relationship between education abroad and consumerism, and its consequences for study abroad and student learning abroad has been discussed since 2000. However the growth of consumer culture, the developmental stage of college-age students, and the culture of assessment have inhibited our ability to disrupt the concept of education abroad as commodity. Discussion will center on how we might begin to disrupt these connections without de-motivating or discouraging our students. education abroad data on women and leadership: empowering women and Men to change the Numbers in the field Sarah E. Spencer (University of St. Thomas), Lisa Donatelli (Georgetown University), Sarah Groskreutz (University of Minnesota) This session examines recent Forum data on gender, and discussions of women and leadership, and invites participants to consider the impact of gender on the professionalization of the field. 18