In previous Terra Dotta Newsletters, I’ve emphasized the potential of study abroad to be a high impact practice that impacts retention, success and career. Last month, I focused on issues of how to effectively recruit international students and the question of whether to use agents to support that process.

Whether through the use of agents or other means of recruitment, IIE Open Doors data continues to show an increase in the numbers of international students at many U.S. colleges and universities. Particularly in public colleges and universities, a regular issue that arises is whether international students are taking the place of U.S. citizens and resident students from that state. One response is that the extra income from international students supports increased numbers of classes and enhanced aid for all students on campus while funds from most state governments to support public higher education continues to decrease.

Both promoting study abroad and fostering interactions between U.S. and international students impact retention, success, and career for U.S. students.

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Scott Carter began working for Terra Dotta in September of 2014 as Systems Analyst. He meets with clients to define project needs and writes Statements of Work and Technical Specification documents. He also assists clients with establishing payment gateway solutions.

Prior to working at Terra Dotta, Scott served as Systems Administrator and Assessment Coordinator for the Study Abroad Office at North Carolina State University. Before entering International Education, Scott worked in Residence Life serving as a Hall Coordinator and Assistant Director for Housing.

Scott received a BA in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master of Arts in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Outside of work, he enjoys volunteering and spending time with his family. Scott collects old 78 RPM vinyl records from the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s, advises a high school youth group, and loves sweet tea. Scott says his favorite part of working at Terra Dotta is “working with clients to provide custom solutions which make their day to day tasks more efficient so they have more time to support their applicants.”

Presenter: Katie Wirka

This session will explain how to create a Global Friendship program in TDS that will help offices manage the application and selection process, facilitate partner matching, track participation of students on the program, and enhance this valuable experiential learning opportunity. We will share tips and ideas on how you can leverage TDS to reduce the amount of time you spend administrating a buddy program and increase the time you and your students can spend sharing your cultures and creating memories. If time allows, we would like to open the webinar to all attendees to ask questions and share their buddy program best practices.

SEPTEMBER 23
4:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Isaiah Allekotte

Too many cooks in the kitchen? This webinar will discuss how to effectively manage complex application review and travel approval processes in TDS. We will look at multi-person processes using the Revie wers functionality and the tasking and workflow tools introduced in TDS15.

OCTOBER 7
4:00 PM EDT






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