{"id":6181,"date":"2015-10-19T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=6181"},"modified":"2022-01-26T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:26:07","slug":"augsburg-college-global-education-program-touted-for-excellence-in-serving-students-of-diverse-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/19\/augsburg-college-global-education-program-touted-for-excellence-in-serving-students-of-diverse-backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg College global education program touted for excellence in serving students of diverse backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/info.umkc.edu\/umatters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/aacu_logo2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"87\" \/>An article published by the Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities commented on the successes Augsburg College&#8217;s Center for Global Education and Experience\u00a0has had in serving students of diverse backgrounds as they travel to\u00a0locations around the globe. The article, titled &#8220;Global Learning: Key to Making Excellence Inclusive,&#8221; described why global\u00a0experiences are recognized as an essential dimension of a liberal education and how a variety of institutions support increased student participation.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the article noted that\u00a0Augsburg maintains permanent centers for global learning in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Namibia. The centers have\u00a0deep-rooted connections to local communities, and staff members understand the diverse needs of the Augsburg students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For example, Augsburg has arranged culturally appropriate homestay placements for single parents who needed assistance with childcare, safe home environments for LGBTQ students, sober homestays for students in recovery (in addition to connecting students in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous programs with sponsors), and access to mosques for Muslim students. This commitment to creating environments for student success is a hallmark of Augsburg\u2019s study abroad programs,&#8221; the article said.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the AAC&amp;U website to read the story\u00a0in its entirety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article published by the Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities commented on the successes Augsburg College&#8217;s Center for Global Education and Experience\u00a0has had in serving students of diverse backgrounds as they travel to\u00a0locations around the globe. The article, titled &#8220;Global Learning: Key to Making Excellence Inclusive,&#8221; described why global\u00a0experiences are recognized as an essential &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,6,7,8],"tags":[3703,3702,3654,1179],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-faculty","category-in-the-news","category-staff","category-students","tag-association-of-american-colleges-universities","tag-center-for-global-education-and-experience","tag-cgee","tag-global-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6181"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10780,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions\/10780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}