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1)<br>Date: 14 May 2013<br>From:J. Larry Brown <<a href="mailto:brown.jlarry@gmail.com">brown.jlarry@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject:Study Abroad in Oman<br><br>Dear University Colleagues:<br><br>I am sending this communication given growing concern about student safety in countries of the region, now including Turkey, Lebanon and even Jordan. We see this concern through consistent media coverage, and also through the notable increase of students seeking to study with us in Oman-- as well as from universities that have asked if we can now accept more of their students this fall.<br>
<br>Based on these requests, we have made plans to double our Study Abroad Program for this coming September (<a href="http://www.omancenter.org">www.omancenter.org</a>). But there is, of course a limit to what we can do, particularly in a relatively short period of time. And while we want to be as responsive as possible, I also am concerned that our efforts to accommodate not be at the expense of viable programs elsewhere. But violence in parts of the region is of obvious concern and the limitations it places on students who desire international study accrue to no one's long-term benefit.<br>
<br>Many of you realize that Oman is welcoming and highly safe, with no student safety issues in eight years of study abroad so far. So this is our situation, and our desire to be helpful, albeit with limitations of practicality. I ask university program administrators seeking to re-direct students to Oman to contact me before the end of June, so we can have appropriate discussions and makes necessary plans to accommodate them at CIL.<br>
<br>J. Larry Brown, Ph.D<br>President and Academic Dean<br>Center for International Learning<br><a href="mailto:brown.jlarry@gmail.com">brown.jlarry@gmail.com</a><div><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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