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The Alliance for Global Education, LLC is a not-for-profit partnership of the College of Global Studies at Arcadia University and the Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University. The Alliance was formed with the vision of opening study abroad destinations in Asia to an ever-growing and more diverse U.S. undergraduate population. Both partner institutions are pioneers in the field of study abroad and have been providing academically rigorous and culturally enriching study abroad programs for over 40 years.

The Alliance provides stimulating, interdisciplinary study abroad programs in China and India that maintain the high academic standards, strong student services, and careful health and safety measures of our partner institutions. Our core mission is to develop and promote innovative programs in vibrant, dynamic Asian countries that are of ever-increasing scholarly, political, and economic interest.

What's New at the Alliance 

Bombing in Pune: All of our students and staff are safe and accounted for.  Our spring semester is proceeding as planned, with additional short-term security measures in place.

Summer Deadline Extended: The March 1st deadline for the Summer 2010 Xi'an: Art, History, and the Silk Road program has been extended to March 15th!

We are pleased to announce that we have has been chosen to administer two of the U.S. Department of State's Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) sites in China. The CLS program is part of a U.S. government inter-agency effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. Students awarded the full scholarship to study intensive Chinese in Beijing at the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) or in Shanghai at Fudan University at the intermediate or advanced level. Students will take 20 hours per week of Chinese language during the summer 2010 semester, live with Chinese  roommates (Shanghai) or host families (Beijing), and have a peer language tutor. Please check the CLS website for additional information.

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