This policy is intended to cover all extended travel outside the U.S. (other than the semester and yearlong programs administered through the Center for International and Intercultural Studies) subsidized by SLU and/or arranged by SLU faculty, staff, or students to benefit SLU students. It includes travel components that are either elective or required in connection with a course; travel for credit and not-for-credit; travel linked to summer courses; and student travel outside the country when arranged by an SLU student group. It is not intended to cover day-trips or short overnight trips to Canada.
Faculty, staff, or students planning the kind of travel outside the U.S. that is defined above must fill out, several months in advance of travel, an application form for their project. The application form is linked below and also available from the Center for International and Intercultural Studies.
When the proposal for travel is submitted to CIIS, the associate dean for international
and intercultural studies will immediately review the proposal and discuss
any concerns with the group organizer. Security concerns may also arise in
the course of subsequent preparation for travel. If at any point the associate
dean and the travel organizer are in disagreement about the planning for the
proposed travel or about the safety of the proposed travel, or if they need
further information, the associate dean will convene an ad hoc group to evaluate
the proposed travel. This group of no fewer than 5, including the group organizer
and the associate dean, will be drawn from members of the International Education
Advisory Committee and/or those on campus with relevant expertise. This group
will advise the proposed travel organizer and may recommend alternate travel
plans or cancellation of the travel. In the event that the group organizer
is dissatisfied with the recommendations of this group, s/he can request that
the group’s recommendations be reviewed by the dean for academic affairs
or, where appropriate, by the dean of students.
Please see Leader's Role and Application
November 2007