Faculty and Staff

Celebrating Study Abroad at Elon

Katie Nash Jan. 20, 2010 Forty-one years ago, professors Jim Elder and Gerard Priestley led a group of Elon students to London, England on the school’s first study abroad trip.  At the time, no one envisioned the study abroad program flourishing and holding the number one spot in the nation among master’s-level colleges and universities for the number of students who study abroad (according to the Institute of International Education’s 2008 Open Doors report).  Today, 71% of Elon undergraduate students study abroad at least once. Moreover, in 1995 there were 295 students who studied abroad, compared to the 1184 students in 2008.  This Winter Term, more than 600 students are studying abroad and 50 faculty and staff are accompanying them.