{"id":13568,"date":"2016-11-21T11:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.studyabroad101.com\/?p=13568"},"modified":"2022-09-07T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T21:24:29","slug":"abroad101-advisors-update-fall-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/abroad101-advisors-update-fall-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Abroad101 Advisors Update – Fall 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have You Seen Your Study Abroad Review Portal Lately?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each day Abroad101 receives dozens of program evaluations from students that have been invited by either their home university, their provider or their host institution.\u00a0 We publish each review as a complete web page and tally them in listings by program, provider and host institution, plus\u00a0in\u00a0portals for each home school.\u00a0 As of today, 29,442 student reviews are on Abroad101 making it the largest source of study abroad stories. \u00a0Visit the site to see your student reviews!<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Start at the university page<\/span>:<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Enter your institution\u2019s name in the search box and click to see your portal.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. If you want the ability to manage this portal and use the free software, simply reply with your contact info and we\u2019ll get you a login.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Moms & Dads Use Abroad101<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    The target audience for Abroad101 is American college students looking for a semester, summer or short-term abroad. \u00a0Provider managed, exchange\u00a0and faculty-led programs are all listed.\u00a0\u00a0Parents and Advisors that support students end up being a big portion of our traffic.\u00a0 Based on Google Analytics data, we estimate that 20-25% of the visitors to Abroad101 are parents, searching on the keywords like \u201cstudy abroad reviews\u201d and trying to learn more about the options their children are considering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    As an advisor, you will find that your recommendations are validated when prospective students and parents read reviews.\u00a0 Providers will often use reviews in their discussion with students and parents as they find a well-informed student makes for a more successful student. \u00a0Reading reviews will help parents become more comfortable with study abroad and to help them set expectations for\u00a0what lies ahead.\u00a0 We hope you\u2019ll mention Abroad101 Reviews in your parent communication and put a link to http:\/\/www.StudyAbroad101.com<\/span>\u00a0on your website to better prepare all.<\/span><\/p>\n

    How to Get Students to Write Reviews?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    If you are one of the many institutions that has a legacy process for program evaluations or cannot require students to complete reviews, it will take some work to get reviews part of the study abroad conversation. \u00a0So often we hear that it is hard to get students to do anything, let alone spend 20-30 minutes on a review.\u00a0 This is especially true when students feel that the activity has no benefit for them.\u00a0 However, they are inclined to share their stories if the exercise gives them a chance to tell their story, and that is exactly what they do on social media for hours a day!<\/span><\/p>\n

    If the student believes the review is good for them, they will generally participate.\u00a0 That takes some groundwork before they go abroad and as they prepare to return.\u00a0 One idea to get more engagement is to incorporate a review in your re-entry programming and use the review process as a step toward preparing the students to share their experience with others.\u00a0 Just like career counselors who tell students to prepare a good resume for a job search, we hope that study abroad advisors will help their students prepare for their return home by guiding them to submitting a thorough and candid review.<\/span><\/p>\n

    We\u2019ve published some articles with messages that should resonate with students, including:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Why Should I Write a Study Abroad Review?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Top 5 Reasons to Write an Education Abroad Review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Getting More from Abroad101<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Abroad101 is a tool to help you advance study abroad on your campus and is used by some of the most successful institutions in the field.\u00a0 Our goal is to see more students going abroad and getting the most from their experience. \u00a0We also want those that go to be better informed beforehand and we want to help them turn that experience into a career building stepping stone when they return.\u00a0 The Abroad101 team is happy to answer any of your questions by email or phone.\u00a0 We also welcome the opportunity to walk you, and members of your staff though the system with an online demo of the back-end features of Abroad101 to see if our free program evaluation tool is right for you.\u00a0 The demo will show how you can see reports, compare your results with other institutions, set pre-approved\/recommended programs and add custom questions to the standard Abroad101 review.\u00a0 Abroad101 also has promotional material for you to share with your students, so please let us know how we can help you.<\/span><\/p>\n

    As we approach our 10<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> anniversary, we\u2019d like to say THANKS<\/strong> for all your support.<\/span><\/p>\n

    You can also see the best of the review stream through social media:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0Pinterest<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Have You Seen Your Study Abroad Review Portal Lately? Each day Abroad101 receives dozens of program evaluations from students that have been invited by either their home university, their provider or their host institution.\u00a0 We publish each review as a complete web page and tally them in listings by program, provider and host institution, plus\u00a0in\u00a0portals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[502],"ppma_author":[691],"class_list":["post-13568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study-abroad-advisors","tag-advisor-newsletter","author-mark-shay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t