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The article discusses a study abroad opportunity that is provided to undergraduate students at Hofstra University who are interested in European public policy. Students visit 11 countries in 10 weeks and fill their time by interviewing policy makers, journalists, or citizens, taking classes on the road, and doing required reading. Student Katlyn Maze said that the visit to the Terezin concentration camp in the Czech Republic was the most powerful thing that she experienced. Dr. Linda A. Longmire is the director of the program and says that it provides many opportunities for learning.

Focuses on the efforts of colleges in the U.S. to encourage more students to study abroad. Observation of Daniel L. Ritchie, chancellor of the University of Denver in Colorado, regarding students who have studied abroad; Number of Denver juniors expected to spend at least one term in any of the dozens of locations overseas; Data from the Institute of International Education about growth in study abroad; Purpose of Arcadia University in sending their freshmen students to spend a week in Great Britain during spring break; Establishment of the U.S. Congress of a commission to evaluate a possible study-abroad program.