[KS] Study abroad cancellations

[Stephanie Kim]

Hi Rob,

My university has placed a university-wide moratorium on any school
sponsored travel to China and South Korea for students as well as faculty
and staff for an indefinite period. Georgetown has also been more quietly
cancelling institutionally sponsored trips to other destinations (Japan,
etc.). I am scheduled to lead an international study tour to Qatar over
spring break, but I've already been given a heads up that it will likely be
cancelled and that I should start thinking about alternative delivery
methods.

With that said, at least with shorter study trips such as the one I was
going to lead, the students will be given an option to withdraw from the
course or continue with the course through an alternative delivery, which
I'm now expected to lead. I anticipate most students will continue with the
course since withdrawing will affect their graduation timeline. I'm
planning to set up a series of Zoom chats with our Doha-based guest
speakers and various online learning activities to make up for the week we
would have had abroad.

I understand that many Korean universities are offering their classes
online due to the outbreak. Perhaps this might be a potential alternative
to forcing all students to withdraw for the semester?

Stephanie



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On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 8:42 PM Robert M Oppenheim <rmo at austin.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Korean studies list members,
>
> The University of Texas at Austin is one of the North American
> universities that cancelled Spring 2020 undergraduate study abroad in S.
> Korea a few days ago, and recalled all undergraduate students already
> there.  Because of where we already are almost halfway through the Spring
> 2020 semester here in Austin, the affected students are not being allowed
> to register for replacement UT courses.  They are, instead, being required
> to withdraw for the semester, and actually must apply for readmission to
> the university in Fall 2020, although they have been assured that this is
> pro forma.
>
> While I suspect that the situation is roughly the same at other
> semester-system universities that have recalled their Korean study abroad
> students, I am curious if there are exceptions or better alternatives in
> the works elsewhere.
>
> Best,
>
> Rob
>
> Robert Oppenheim
> Professor
> Department of Asian Studies
> University of Texas at Austin
>
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