Transcript Risk Management

Study Abroad
Tarleton State University
Dr. Marilyn Robitaille, Director
 Terrorism
 Natural disasters
 Disease
 Accidental Death
 Assault & Rape
 Drug Overdoes
 Kidnapping
 Suicide
 Road accidents
 Lack of familiarity
 Robberies
 Cultural incompetence
 Drownings
 Language issues
 Depression
 Economic conditions
 Fires
 Disappearances
 Arrests
Study abroad is different from the home campus
Greater risks
Fewer resources
Stressors
Lack of usual support
Drinking age usually lower
 The Forum on Education Abroad
 NAFSA
 Texas A & M System
 Tarleton State University
All set a standard of care that you owe your students, program, staff, colleagues, and
institution. Negligence is the doing of something which a reasonably prudent person
would not do, or the failure to do something which a reasonably prudent person would
do, under circumstances similar to those shown by the evidence. It is the failure to use
ordinary or reasonable care.
 Identify Risk
 Tailor the program
 Analyze Risk
 Plan for emergencies
 Manage Risk
 Protect students, faculty, program,
Transfer
Reduce
Accept
and the university
 Experiential learns
 Results oriented – focused on grades
 Team oriented
 Need structure and feedback
 Personalized learning – want flexibility
 Technologically savvy
 Uncomfortable with ambiguity
Student Disability Services
Trina Geye, Math 201
Judicial Affairs
Dana Moore, 105 Student Center
 Poverty
 Poor sanitation
 Higher disease risk
 Underdeveloped infrastructure
 Irregular enforcement
 Political instability
Created by Marine Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper
Wikipedia
https://step.state.gov/step
 Smart Traveler Enrollment Program
 Have information together
 Record room numbers/hotel addresses for Risk Management
 Keep Log for de-briefing
 Communicate with CISI Abroad first
 Risk Management will contact CARE
 The university prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverages on campus
by any individual under the age of 21. See Tarleton State University SAP
34.03.99.T0.01, Alcoholic Beverages on University Property. Further, the Tarleton
Rules and Standards of Conduct also prohibit the unlawful use of alcohol by
students at any time at any university activity. See Tarleton Rule 34.02.01.T1,
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, subsection 2.1. Texas A & M System General
Counsel advises that regardless of the legal drinking age of the destination
country, participants should adhere to Texas law.