Relationships of Assessment, Evaluation, Standards & Ethics in Education Abroad

Some time ago when I was involved more heavily with the Forum on Education Abroad's Standards of Good Practice Committee on the Standards Toolbox and as a consultant I spent much time thinking about the relationships between assessment, evaluation, standards and ethics in education abroad.  As I was traveling one day I started to doodle various configurations of these relationships and upon return home prepared them on a single document to further spur my interest in and investigation of these relationships.  At one point in time I was thinking that this would be the focus of my dissertation.  Anyways, last night I was searching for some of my documents I have hosted over on Scribd and came across the document where I turned my doodles of these relationships into more concrete ideas.  Following are just thoughts I had on this topic back in 2007 or so and I thought I would embed the document here on IHEC Blog to see what others think.
Relationships of Assessment, Evaluation, Standards & Ethics in Ed. Abroad by Comp, 2007-2009

The Consultative Service on United States Undergraduate Study Abroad

Frequent IHEC Blog readers know that I am very interested in the history of international education and in particular here in the United States.  The following is a snippet from my research notes on the history of outcomes assessment, program evaluation and standards of good practice in study abroad that I thought I would share here on IHEC Blog:


The Consultative Service on United States Undergraduate Study Abroad was a coordinating venture of the Association of American Colleges, the Council on Student Travel, the Experiment in International Living, and the Institute of International Education.  It was formed in the spring of 1963 with a grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.   Its objectives were:  (1) to secure full and precise information on international education, (2) to coordinate the rapidly proliferating ventures of United States educational institutions for undergraduate study abroad, (3) to ease communication and cooperation between institutions, and (4) to establish the basis for determining standards which will evaluate undergraduate study abroad programs.

Institute of International Education:  Undergraduate Study Abroad, Report of the Consulate Service on U.S. Undergraduate Study Abroad (New York:  The Institute, 1964).

Speakman, C.E.  (1966).  International Exchange in Education.  New York:  Center for Applied Research in Education.  pp. 71-72