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Students studying abroad face dangers with little oversight

USA Today

May 28, 2009

There is a long-standing gap between families' perceptions and what colleges and providers see as their responsibility for ensuring student safety. Compounding that gap is a lack of transparency. Though most college students who go abroad return home without serious incident, nobody knows exactly how many students end up hurt because nobody is required to keep track on a national level.

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