Friday, November 20, 2009

Economic reality may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad.

A survey in September by The Forum on Education Abroad has found that nearly 60 percent of schools and study-abroad groups surveyed say study abroad enrollment is down this fall from last year.

Students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high just two years ago.

Brown University in Providence saw a 10 percent drop in enrollment this fall.

But Kendall Brostuen (BRAW'-stoo-en) of Brown's Office of International Programs says stronger enrollment in spring may indicate people feel the economy is rounding a corner.