Monday, August 13, 2007

Questions About Butler's Institute for Study Abroad

"Amy Bartnick-Blume, a vice president of the nonprofit Institute for Study Abroad, which is affiliated with Butler University in Indiana, said the institute gave colleges with which it has 'exclusive agreements' up to $500 per student for restricting them to the institute’s programs in a given region. The practice in effect shuts out the competition. Ms. Bartnick-Blume said that the colleges decide whether to pass the savings on to students and that the institute had no way of knowing how many do."

Read the rest of the story in "In Study Abroad, Gifts and Money for Universities" in tomorrow's New York Times.

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