{"56300":{"#nid":"56300","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Colleges Expand Overseas Studies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis article originally appeared in the July 10, 2006 edition of the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal-Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E.  It was written by Andrea Jones.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore students at Georgia\u0027s public colleges and universities are studying abroad than ever before, and officials at the university system say they\u0027re picking up more than a love of fine wine and funny accents.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERichard Sutton, the senior adviser for academic affairs and director of international programs, told the state Board of Regents on Wednesday that students who go overseas perform better academically after they get back and have higher graduation rates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system recently received a $500,000 federal grant\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"U.S. Grant Funds Research of Benefits"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"More students at Georgia\u0027s public colleges and universities are studying abroad than ever before, and officials at the university system say they\u0027re picking up more than a love of fine wine and funny accents.\n\nRichard Sutton, the senior adviser for academic affairs and director of international programs, told the state Board of Regents on Wednesday that students who go overseas perform better academically after they get back and have higher graduation rates.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More students are studying abroad than ever before"}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2006-08-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:01","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56301":{"id":"56301","type":"image","title":"ChBE Professor and School Chair Ronald Rousseau","body":null,"created":"1449175629","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:09","changed":"1475894499","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:39","alt":"ChBE Professor and School Chair Ronald Rousseau","file":{"fid":"190440","name":"tkj39282.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkj39282_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkj39282_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":337001,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tkj39282_0.jpg?itok=_lyVVAJG"}}},"media_ids":["56301"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/stories\/0810metregents.html","title":"Altanta Journal-Constitution Article"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/rousseau.php","title":"Dr. Ronald W. Rousseau"}],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5834","name":"chemical and biomolecular engineering"},{"id":"9457","name":"Ronald Rousseau"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJosie Giles\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jg234\u0022\u003EContact Josie Giles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2299\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie.giles@chbe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}