The following is a guest author contribution by Sharra Hancock. Foreign exchange is rooted in post World War II history as a means to ‘Americanize’ foreign students and spread American democracy (Walton, 2015). In the years following the end of World War II, foreign exchange has become a way…
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We sat down with Michael, an American student who studied abroad in Germany, to learn more about the program and the lasting effect it has on a participant’s life. Watch the interview to learn more! We invite you to read more about our Travel & Study abroad programs. To find…
One of the biggest misconceptions about hosting an exchange student is that you have to have kids of your own and a spouse or partner in order to become a host family. This isn’t the case! The truth is, you can be single, married, have kids or no kids, be…
ISE has grown from a small nonprofit exchange program in 1982 to one of the leading sponsors of J-1 cultural exchange programs in the industry. We facilitate programs for over 2,500 exchange students every year. With such rapid growth, we faced the challenge of providing comprehensive training to each new…
With exchange students and host families around the world eagerly awaiting their opportunity to experience cultural exchange, we decided to catch up with one of our incoming students and host families to get a glimpse of how they’re preparing for next year’s program and how virtual connections have already helped…
Lou’s adventure started in August of 2019, when she left France and headed for the United States. She was nervous at first, but knew this was an amazing opportunity that she would never forget. Her destination was a small town in Illinois called Bunker Hill. She was welcomed there by…