BCA International Students to the U.S.
BCA helps about 50 students from our host institutions abroad to study in the United States each year. Students from Ecuador, France, Spain, Japan and other nations live and study at U. S. campuses, increasing their own understanding and enriching campus life. Exchange students apply through their home institution and can study at several institutions in the U.S., including:
- Bethel College, Kansas
- Bridgewater College
- DePauw University
- Elizabethtown College
- Juniata College
- Manchester College
- McPherson College
- Messiah College
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- University of La Verne
If your college or university is interested hosting BCA international students on your campus, please contact Robert William at the BCA central office.
International students who study in the United States through BCA have several responsibilities. One is particularly important:
- BCA students must help students at the host institution to benefit from the exchange. This might involve tutoring U.S. students in a foreign language or participating in international festivals on campus.
- Students must pay their own travel and personal expenses, as well as any additional student fees (e.g., laboratory fees, music lessons, tutoring, etc.) charged by the U.S. host institution.
- Students must abide by the rules of the U.S. host institution.
- Students must not remain beyond the agreed upon semester or year without the written permission of their home campus and BCA.
- Students must be willing to live in language houses, act as tutors, or help in languages classes and labs, as requested. BCA expects international students to be a resource at the U.S. institution for campus activities that will highlight their language, country and culture. Such assistance, of course, should be reasonable and should not interfere with students' studies.
- Suggested reading for international students studying in the U.S.
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