History
IES Abroad offered its first program in September 1950, when Paul Koutney, an Austrian student living in the U.S. on a Fulbright scholarship, brought American students to live and study in Vienna, Austria for a year. Two of the students from the original program, newlyweds Clarence and Alberta Giese, returned after the program inspired to help other students study abroad. From their Chicago home, they worked with Koutney to recruit more students and send them abroad.
IES Abroad led the study abroad field in many important firsts, including formalized program reviews to ensure that programs met academic standards, appointment of a Dean of Students in charge of student safety and well-being, and offering customized programs. IES is well-regarded for Model Assessment Practice (IES Abroad MAP), a tool with which to evaluate study abroad programs. In 2010, it was the first third-party provider to receive the Forum on Education Abroad’s Category 2b Quality Improvement Designation.
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