Summer programs draw Elis from term-time study abroad
The number of Yalies studying abroad during the academic year decreased by 22 percent in 2007-08, Yale International Education and Fellowships Programs administrators announced this week, speculating that the cause may be a shift to more overseas summer program participation.
The decrease — from 180 students in 2006-07 to 141 students this school year — brings the study-abroad total back to the level in 2005-06, when 135 students studied abroad. The decline also puts Yale at odds with the national trend of steadily increasing participation in study abroad programs.
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i am confused as to whether the statistics mark this year as a sharp drop or last year as an outlying high. showing the statistics of the last three years is not enough.