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...spring-semester study-abroad program at the University of Havana, despite strict federal regulations on U.S. travel to communist Cuba and activists’ concerns about academic freedom in the island-nation. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and the Harvard College Office of International Programs (OIP) have obtained a federal license for a joint effort with Cuba’s preeminent educational institution. The U.S. government’s current embargo on trade with Cuba has stymied Harvard students’ past attempts to study in the country with programs that were not College-affiliated. Current...
After three years of working to enhance study abroad opportunities for Harvard students, the director of the Office of International Programs (OIP), Jane Edwards, will reroute to New Haven this fall as the Associate Dean of International Affairs at Yale College.Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, who announced Edwards’ departure in an e-mail to staff last Wednesday, said that the College will conduct a search for a new director for the office this summer. Edwards was appointed in early 2003 by Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby to direct the OIP...
...number of students doing study abroad for credit increased from 172 in 2000-2001 to 351 in 2004-2005. Including students in non-credit programs, a total of 840 students went abroad with OIP support...
Edward has been credited with helping the OIP work with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Computer Services to launch an online database to help students locate study abroad grants and advising resources. She has also worked with departments and concentrations to help students organize their course requirements to make room for study abroad opportunities...
Edwards said she believes that the future the OIP, now out of her hands, is headed in a very positive direction...