Barlow Endowment Site Visits

Bates has a spe­cial fund to sup­port fac­ulty vis­its to study abroad pro­grams and uni­ver­si­ties used by our stu­dents. Most fac­ulty travel to loca­tions where their stu­dents study to gain first hand knowl­edge of the pro­gram or uni­ver­sity and its setting.

Typ­i­cally, the Bar­low Endow­ment for Study Abroad sup­ports sev­eral trips per year, often with fac­ulty com­bin­ing the funds with other resources, includ­ing con­fer­ence and per­sonal travel.  Occa­sion­ally, the Endow­ment can sup­port the entire cost if the pro­grams or uni­ver­si­ties have not been vis­ited recently and if the fac­ulty mem­ber is par­tic­u­larly well posi­tioned to eval­u­ate them.

The vis­its must be under­taken when the pro­gram or uni­ver­sity is in ses­sion to be effec­tive. As a result, the best travel times are dur­ing sab­bat­i­cal leave, Feb­ru­ary or April break, and the first week of Short Term if not teach­ing then.  The Off-Campus Study Com­mit­tee is respon­si­ble for allo­cat­ing the funds.   A brief application is required; however, there is no appli­ca­tion dead­line as site visit oppor­tu­ni­ties often arise unex­pect­edly.  Inter­ested fac­ulty are invited to dis­cuss site visit ideas with Dean Sawyer.

We have pro­vided a template for the writ­ten site visit report. The for­mat and cat­e­gories are sug­ges­tions and may not apply to all site visits.