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COMMITTEE ON STUDY ABROAD (appointed)

44.		(a)		The Committee on Study Abroad is a subcommittee of the Committee on Academic Priorities. The Committee on Study Abroad shall consist of five appointed members of the faculty, each from a different department and at least one of whom shall have served as a director in one of the Smith College Junior Year Abroad Programs. The interests of the appointed faculty members of the Committee should to the extent possible represent the various areas of the world in which our students study. One of the elected members of the Committee on Academic Priorities and the Associate Dean for International Study shall also be voting members of this Committee. The Committee shall further include as nonvoting members the Associate Provost and Dean for Academic Development (Chair) and the Vice President for Finance and Administration or the Vice President's delegate. The Committee on Study Abroad may appoint such subcommittees as it deems necessary.
(b)				The Committee on Study Abroad shall recommend to the Committee on Academic Priorities policies regarding the structure, operation and administration of the Smith College Junior Year Abroad programs, and the Committee shall periodically review and assess these programs. The Committee shall review all reports from Program Directors and it shall consider any policy matters concerning the Junior Year Abroad programs brought to its attention by past or present Directors, the Associate Dean for International Study, or others. The Committee shall solicit and review nominations for future Directors of the Junior Year Abroad programs, and it shall convey its recommendations to the Provost and Dean of the Faculty and the President. The Committee shall oversee the selection of participants in the Smith College Junior Year Abroad Programs and shall establish one selection subcommittee for each Smith College Junior Year Abroad Program. The members of each subcommittee shall be the Associate Dean for International Study, the appropriate Class Dean, the future Director of the Program in question (or, if the future Director is not available, a former Director of the Program in question), and a recording secretary. Each subcommittee shall meet at the appropriate time or times to select the participants in the following year's Junior Year Abroad Program. Each subcommittee shall present to the Committee on Study Abroad for review and vote applications involving new policy decisions.
(c)				The Committee on Study Abroad shall recommend to the Committee on Academic Priorities policies regarding the various consortial, study abroad programs in which the College participates, subject to the agreements governing the respective consortia. The Committee shall review all reports from the consortia and program directors, and periodically review and assess these programs. The Committee shall also consider any policy matters within the College's purview concerning the consortial programs that are brought to its attention by past or present Smith faculty Directors, the Associate Dean for International Study, or others. The Committee shall recommend to the Committee on Academic Priorities new consortial programs in which the College wishes to participate. The Committee shall review nominations for future Directors of the consortial study abroad programs when it is the College's turn to provide a Director to the program and it shall convey its recommendations to the Provost and Dean of the Faculty.
(d)				The Committee on Study Abroad shall recommend to the Committee on Academic Priorities policies regarding the Approved Study Abroad Program. The Committee shall select, review, and evaluate all study abroad programs and foreign institutions from which the College will accept transfer credit, and it shall develop such guidelines for the Approved Study Abroad Program as are necessary for maintaining the academic standards of the College. The Committee shall oversee the review and approval of student applications for Approved Study Abroad Program, and shall recommend to the Committee on Academic Priorities the policies governing student eligibility for this Program.
(e)				The Committee on Study Abroad shall review the College's study-travel courses for Interterm and Summer, and make recommendations to the Committee on Academic Priorities concerning the non-curricular aspects of these courses. Next