The Missing Link in COIL
May 7, 2021
How a group in the Pacific Northwest can be a model for virtual exchange administrators to create communities of practice.
UW Tacoma OGA staff member Cindy Schaarschmidt is a member of this group of COIL administrators from Oregon, Washington State, and British Columbia.
Read about their work in this NAFSA International Educator article: https://www.nafsa.org/ie-magazine/2021/5/5/missing-link-coil
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