student safety in St Petersburg

[Josh Wilson]

Vadim Besprozvanny said: Or c-1) to develop a safety program for your own
institution. In both c) and c-1) the consultations from high-profile
specialsts on security issues would be crucial.



(As much as hate to see this conversation dragged on.. )

Any serious study abroad program should have an extensive orientation
program and materials that cover these safety issues openly and thoroughly.
Not sure that "high profile specialists" are needed - you just need someone
that understands the risk and can advise on how to mitigate it. 

Which brings us back to good point made a long time ago that programs should
educate about but not discourage due to the dangers and risks involved with
study abroad. 


Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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